Oidaematophorus phaceliae

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 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]

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