1. PaDIL Factsheet

Scientific Name: anisodactylus (Walker, 1864) (: )

Common Name Geranium Plume Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/142980

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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: New Zealand Collection - [email protected] Author: McCormack, G. & Crosby, T.K Citation: McCormack, G. & Crosby, T.K (2013) Geranium Plume Moth(Sphenarches anisodactylus)Updated on 5/2/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/142980

2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Field Crops and Pastures Commodity Type: Cucurbitaceous produce Distribution: Oceania, Afrotropic, Indo-Malaya, Nearctic Groups: Host Family: Cucurbitaceae Pest Status: 0 Unknown Status: 0 NZ - Unknown

2.4. Other Names Megalorhipida rishwani Makhan, 1994 Oxyptilus anisodactylus Walker, 1864 Pselnophorus dolichos Matsumura, 1931 Pterophorus diffusalis Walker, 1864 auctt Sphenarches croesus Strand, 1913 Sphenarches synophrys Meyrick, 1886

2.5. Diagnostic Notes Stout (1982:239) recorded that the larvae of an indeterminate member of _Sphenarches_ possibly ate the flowers of pumpkin in Tonga.

Only one species of the genus was recorded for Tonga by Yano (1963): _Sphenarches anisodactylus_ (Walker).

**Description from Walker (1864)** Dull pale ochraceous. Hind tibiae blackish about base of spurs. Forewings with 2 indistinct darker bands, with a whitish subcostal dot at 1/3rd length and with a larger and more distinct whitish costal dot at 2/3rds length; whitish oblique submarginal line. Hind plume of hind wings fringed with black for 1/4 length near tip. Length of body about 10mm; wings 20mm.

2.6. References - Yano, K. (1963). Notes on South Pacific Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera). Pacific 5 (4): 849-871 (hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/5(4)-849.pdf) - Stout, O.O. (1982). Plant quarantine guidelines for movement of selected commodities in the Pacific. UNDP/FAO-SPEC Survey of Agricultural Pests and Diseases in the South Pacific. - http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/anisod.html - http://wiki.trin.org.au/PlumeMoths/SphenarchesAnisodactylus - http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Sphenarches+anisodactylus#names

2.7. Web Links ButterflyHouse: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/anisod.html Trin Wiki: http://wiki.trin.org.au/PlumeMoths/SphenarchesAnisodactylus Atlas of Living Australia: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Sphenarches+anisodactylus#names Notes on South Pacific Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera): hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/5(4)-849.pdf 3. Diagnostic Images Results Generated: Friday, October 1, 2021