Biology:Phymatopus californicus
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Short description: Species of moth
| Phymatopus californicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Phymatopus |
| Species: | P. californicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phymatopus californicus (Boisduval, 1868)[1]
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Phymatopus californicus, the lupine ghost moth, is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1868 and is known from the US state of California .[2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Recorded food plants for the species include Lupinus, Baccharis and Eriophyllum. There is one generation per year. Pupation occurs in the fall.[3]
References
- ↑ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )". Journal of Natural History 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. http://johngrehan.net/files/1013/8578/1218/Nielsen_et_al_2000_Hepialidae.pdf. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "Phymatopus californicus (Boisduval, 1868) – Lupine Ghost Moth". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=35.
- ↑ "Genus Phymatopus". https://bugguide.net/node/view/61707.
Wikidata ☰ Q7189463 entry
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