Platyptilia williamsii

Platyptilia williamsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. williamsii
Binomial name
Platyptilia williamsii
Grinnell, 1908

The calendula plume moth (Platyptilia williamsii) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from western North America, including California.

The head and thorax have mixed ocherous-brown and whitish scales. The antennae are brown dotted above. The forewings are ocherous-brown with dark brown patches, with white irroration (speckling) forming a trace of transverse wavy lines and dotting the brown costa. The fringes are brownish gray with whitish bases containing brown and white scales. The hindwings and fringes are gray-brown.[1]

The larvae feed on Calendula species, as well as Senecio aronicoides and Senecio jacobaea.

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