Morning Glory Plume Moth

Emmelina monodactyla

Description:

about 1 inch long and across, totally beige.

Habitat:

Found on wall in a house on our place, Albion Under the Trees, Temperate Westcoast Rainforest.

Notes:

Pterophoridae will have to do for now for the scientific name until someone with more knowledge about Plume Moths can help me!

1 Species ID Suggestions

JoshuaGSmith 8 years ago

Morning Glory Plume Moth

Emmelina monodactyla Moth Photographers Group – Emmelina monodactyla – 6234

8 Comments

KathleenMcEachern 8 years ago

Thanks for the ID Joshua! and the reference link.

KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Thanks for the info Bug Chicks! I was really surprised to find it on the wall of the house, but now I will be looking for them all summer long.

TheBugChicks 10 years ago

Plume moths are really cool! About 150 species in NA. The larvae are very interesting looking too. Really fuzzy. Love the family name, Pterophoridae. It's easy to remember T-shaped moths with the silent P and 'ptero' meaning "wing"

JeanSawatzky 10 years ago

What a strange creature to be living right here in Maple Ridge!

KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Thanks, Jemma. This is a lifer for me! But it doesn't look very easy to find the species name here. Not like birding where you are pretty sure to get the right ID every time unless you are dealing with empids outside of the breeding season:)