Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Pterophoroidea > Family Pterophoridae > Subfamily Pterophorinae > Genus Pterophorus

Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

*Pterophorus*	Geoffroy, 1762	accepted genus name
*Aciptilia*	Hübner, 1825	generic synonym
*Alucita*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Phalaena tridactylua*	Scopoli, 1763	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: White Plume Moth sources: Charles Hussey

Norwegian Bokmål: sølvfjærmøll

Norwegian Nynorsk: sølvfjørmøll

Swedish: vitt fjädermott

Welsh: plu-wyfyn gwyn

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Citation

van Nieukerken, Dr Erik J. Karsholt, Dr Ole. Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cd095322-a566-42d7-aa04-dd3a7e042016

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