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]

Last updated April 24, 2020

Oidaematophorus phaceliae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae 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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[1] Moth Photographers Group

[2] Butterflies and moths of the Yukon

[3] Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011) Archived October 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Notes On Certain Of Walsingham's Species Of Oidaematophorus With Descriptions Of New Species (Pterophoridae) by J. Mcdunnough, The Canadian Entomologist, 1938, 70 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[5] The Early Stages of Oidaematophorus phaceliae McD. (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) by John Adams Comstock, The Canadian Entomologist, 1964, 96 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}