Pyramidobela quinquecristata

Pyramidobela quinquecristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Pyramidobela
Species: P. quinquecristata
Binomial name
Pyramidobela quinquecristata
(Braun, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Enicostoma quinquecristata Braun, 1921

Pyramidobela quinquecristata is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It is found in the mountains around the margins of the Great Basin in North America.

The length of the forewings is 8.2-9.2 mm. The ground color of the forewings is dark brown, longitudinally streaked with blackish and ochreous, varying in density and ill-defined except on the veins in the terminal area. The ground color of the hindwings is pale gray-brown, but slightly darker toward the apex. Adults are on wing in June (in British Columbia) and from August to early September (in California).[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Penstemon species, including Penstemon confertus and Penstemon deustus.

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