| Pselnophorus belfragei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pselnophorus |
| Species: | P. belfragei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881) [1] | |
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Pselnophorus belfragei (Belfrage's plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the south-eastern United States, from South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma. [2]
The wingspan is about 14 millimetres (0.55 in). They are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Dichondra caroliniensis .
It is named for Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage.