Stenoptilodes brevipennis

Stenoptilodes brevipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Stenoptilodes
Species:	S. brevipennis
Binomial name
Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874)
Synonyms
Platyptilia brevipennisZeller, 1874 Platyptilia crenulataBarnes & McDunnough, 1913 Stenoptilodes amrishiMakhan, 1994

Stenoptilodes brevipennis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Uruguay, as well as most of the United States and southern Canada.

The wingspan is 12–14 millimetres (0.47–0.55 in). Adults are on wing in January, March, April, May, July, November and December.

The larvae feed on Mecardonia acuminata and Russelia equistiformis .

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).
• "460016.00 – 6122 – Stenoptilodes brevipennis – (Zeller, 1883)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
• Eiseman, Charley (May 13, 2010). "Species Stenoptilodes brevipennis - Hodges#6122". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved March 24, 2018.