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]

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]

References

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 ]}