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