Hawkweed Plume Moth - Hodges#6097

See the identification key for Oxyptilini . See the species accounts in Matthews and Landry . Oxyptilus delawaricus adults have: a well developed outer margin on the forewing second lobe, unlike in Dejongia , Megalorhipida , Buckleria , and Trichoptilus . a tawny brown ground color, unlike the grayer ground color of Oxyptilus eleanerae and the darker brown of Capperia species, Geina tenuidactylus , and G. buscki . the abdominal pattern continued on segment 4, rather than interrupted as unmarked or obscurely marked brown on that segment as in Geina and Sphenarches species. the posterior parts of the mesothorax and tegulae whitish, with whitish longitudinal lines on the metathorax, as in Capperia species and unlike in Geina species and Sphenarches ontario . the forewing first lobe postmedial line less oblique than its antemedial line, unlike in Oxyptilus eleanerae (postmedial line more oblique than antemedial line) and Capperia species (the lines nearly parallel).