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Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Pterophorus pentadactylus Windengeistchen, Winden-Federmotte, Weißes Engelchen Specimen photographed in Willmars (Bayern) on August 2, 2004. Subspecies Original description Synonyms Phalaena pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 Pterophorus pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) Alucita pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) Aciptilia pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) Phalaena tridactyla Scopoli, 1763 (nec Linnaeus, 1758) (homonym) Aciptilia pentadactyla sulphurea Staudinger, 1880 Phalaena tridactylua auct. (misspelling) Linnaeus (1758) used all species epithets ending in "-dactylus/a/um" clearly as an adjective: for example he used the combination "Phalaena Alucita pentadactyla" for the present species, but he used e.g. "Bradypus tridactylus" (on page 34) for the pale-throated sloth. Thus, I reject here the notion that the species epithet could be regarded as a noun in apposition and therefore it has to agree in gender with the genus name (Article 31.2). Since the gender of Pterophorus is male, the correct valid name is Pterophorus pentadactylus. Identification Distribution Biology This page has been updated on August 22, 2013 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic-Schäper. All rights reserved.	Related information: Subspecies Original description Synonyms Identification Distribution Biology