Oidaematophorus phaceliae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Oidaematophorus
- Species
- Oidaematophorus phaceliae
- Scientific Name
- Oidaematophorus phaceliae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oidaematophorus phaceliae
Oidaematophorus phaceliae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found from Yukon to Ontario, south to California and Baja California. 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.
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.
...Oidaematophorus phaceliae in languages:
- English
- Phacelia Plume Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Oidaematophorus balsamorrhizae
- Oidaematophorus baroni
- Oidaematophorus beneficus
- Oidaematophorus betsiae
- Oidaematophorus borbonicus
- Oidaematophorus brucei
- Oidaematophorus castor
- Oidaematophorus cineraceus
- Oidaematophorus cinerarius
- Oidaematophorus cochise
- Oidaematophorus constanti
- Oidaematophorus coquimboicus
- Oidaematophorus cretidactylus
- Oidaematophorus cristobalis
- Oidaematophorus downesi
- Oidaematophorus eupatorii
- Oidaematophorus giganteus
- Oidaematophorus grisescens
- Oidaematophorus guttatus
- Oidaematophorus iwatensis
- Oidaematophorus kuwayamai
- Oidaematophorus lienigianus
- Oidaematophorus lindseyi
- Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
- Oidaematophorus mallecoicus
- Oidaematophorus mathewianus
- Oidaematophorus mauleicus
- Oidaematophorus occidentalis
- Oidaematophorus ossipellis
- Oidaematophorus phaceliae
- Oidaematophorus rileyi
- Oidaematophorus rogenhoferi
- Oidaematophorus trachyphloeus
- Oidaematophorus vafradactylus









