Oidaematophorus eupatorii

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Oidaematophorus eupatorii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Oidaematophorus
Species:
O. eupatorii
Binomial name
Oidaematophorus eupatorii
(Fernald, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita eupatoriiFernald, 1891

Oidaematophorus eupatorii, the eupatorium plume moth or Joe Pye plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Florida, Mississippi, [2] Iowa, [3] New York, California and Vancouver Island. It is also known from Mexico, [4] Guatemala and Panama. [5]

The wingspan is about 21–24 millimetres (0.83–0.94 in). The head is dull reddish brown and the thorax is pale brown. The legs are brown. The forewings are pale ocher yellow, whitest on the costal portion, and sprinkled with dark-brown scales to such an extent as to give them a wood-brown color. These dark-brown scales form a spot, nearly reaching a dark-brown costal streak over the end of the fissure, beyond which are two costal dark-brown spots, the first of which is the smaller. The fringes are smoke brown, cut with whitish once on the first lobe and twice on the outer margin of the hind lobe. The hindwings and fringes are brownish cinereous. [6]

The larvae are greenish, striped with wine color and white, and feed on Eupatorium species (including Eupatorium purpurascens ) and Epilobium species. [7] The larvae are gregarious. They feed externally by tying together the terminal shoots of the host plant with webbing and feeding on them. Pupae are green, ornamented with wine-colored and white lines.

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References

  1. ↑ "460139.00 – 6168 – Oidaematophorus eupatorii – Eupatorium Plume Moth – (Fernald, 1891)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
  3. ↑ Nendick-Mason, Hannah (August 12, 2006). "Species Oidaematophorus eupatorii - Eupatorium Plume Moth - Hodges#6168". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Species description
  5. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011) Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ The Pterophoridae of North America
  7. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida


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