Oidaematophorus baroni

Oidaematophorus baroni
Oidaematophorus baroni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Oidaematophorus
Species: O. baroni
Binomial name
Oidaematophorus baroni
(Fish, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oedaematophorus baroni Fish, 1881

Oidaematophorus baroni is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America (including California).

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The front of the head is brownish cinereous. The antennae are pale cinereous, dotted above with dark brown. The thorax and abdomen are pale brownish cinereous, the latter marked dorsally by a row of fine black dots on each segment beyond the third. The forewings are brownish cinereous, ochreous on the inner margin and second lobe, the whole surface sprinkled with fine black scales. The fringes are concolorous with the wings. The hindwings and fringes are dark cinereous.[2]

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ The pterophoridae of North America
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