Oidaematophorus phaceliae
| Oidaematophorus phaceliae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Oidaematophorus |
| Species: | O. phaceliae
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| Binomial name | |
| Oidaematophorus phaceliae McDunnough, 1938[1]
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Oidaematophorus phaceliae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found from Yukon to Ontario, south to California[2] and Baja California.[3] The habitat consists of boreal forest.
The wingspan is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). The forewings are deep fawn-brown, heavily sprinkled with white and smoky scaling. The hindwings are smoky brown with pale smoky fringes. Females are somewhat more heavily marked than males.[4]
The larvae feed on Hydrophyllaceae species, including Phacelia species and Hydrophyllum virginianum. Full-grown larvae are 11–13 millimetres (0.43–0.51 in) long and olive-green, with a clearly defined narrow longitudinal middorsal yellowish-white line, margined with grey and a light green head. Pupation occurs on the surface of dead leaves of the food plant. The pupa turns dark before eclosion.[5]
References
- ^ Moth Photographers Group
- ^ "Butterflies and moths of the Yukon" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
- ^ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011) Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Notes On Certain Of Walsingham's Species Of Oidaematophorus With Descriptions Of New Species (Pterophoridae) by J. Mcdunnough, The Canadian Entomologist, 1938, 70
- ^ The Early Stages of Oidaematophorus phaceliae McD. (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) by John Adams Comstock, The Canadian Entomologist, 1964, 96