Stenoptilia pallistriga explained

Stenoptilia pallistriga is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is known from Dominica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Paraguay and Suriname. It is also found in the United States in Florida and Mississippi.^[1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Adults are on wing from February to June, from August to October and in December.

External links

• Gielis . C. . 2006 . Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera) . Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden . 80-2 . 1.
• Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida including Larval Food Plant Records

Notes and References

1. Matthews . D. L. . 2010 . Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) . Southern Lepidopterists' News . 32 . 2 . 50–55.