- Oidaematophorus phaceliae
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Oidaematophorus phaceliae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pterophoridae Genus: Oidaematophorus Species: O. phaceliae Binomial name Oidaematophorus phaceliae
McDunnough, 1938[1]Oidaematophorus phaceliae is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from Yukon to Ontario, south to California. The habitat consists of boreal forest.[2]
The wingspan is about 25 mm. 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.[3]
The larvae feed on Hydrophyllaceae species, including Phacelia species. Full-grown larvae are 11-13 mm 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. Before eclosion the pupa turns dark.[4]
References
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Butterflies and moths of the Yukon
- ^ 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
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