plume moth

noun

one of a family ( Pterophoridae ) of slender-bodied micro moths with narrow wings, each usually divided into two, three, or four "plumes". The type is the white Pterophorus pentadactylus
an unrelated species, Alucita hexadactyla

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Examples have not been reviewed.

Joe Pezzini, chief operating officer of Ocean Mist Farms in Castroville, says it’s the plume moth that has him most concerned.

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