Biology:Oidaematophorus phaceliae

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Oidaematophorus phaceliae
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7081233 entry