Platyptilia williamsii

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Platyptilia williamsii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species:
P. williamsii
Binomial name
Platyptilia williamsii
Grinnell, 1908

Platyptilia williamsii (calendula plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from western North America, including California.

The head and thorax have mixed ocherous-brown and whitish scales. The antennae are brown dotted above. The forewings are ocherous-brown with dark brown patches, with white irroration (speckling) forming a trace of transverse wavy lines and dotting the brown costa. The fringes are brownish gray with whitish bases containing brown and white scales. The hindwings and fringes are gray-brown. [1]

The larvae feed on Calendula species, as well as Senecio aronicoides and Senecio jacobaea .

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References

  1. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .