Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to California and Arizona, south through Mexico to Costa Rica. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. described the species in 1902 as Platyptilia marmarodactyla.Dyar, 1902, "A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects" Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 52, page 442 In 1958, Zimmerman moved the species to a new genus, Anstenoptilia, but (mis-)spelled the epithet: Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla. The misspelling has been reused in several subsequent publications.Gielis, 2003, Pterophoroidea and Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects 4:1–198
The wingspan is 16–18 mm. Adults are on wing in May and September in Central America and from July to November in the Nearctic realm.
The larvae feed on Ageratum, Salvia, Agastache, Mentha, Pycnanthemum, Monardella, Scrophularia and Lantana species.
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