| Oidaematophorus phaceliae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Oidaematophorus |
| Species: | O. phaceliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Oidaematophorus phaceliae McDunnough, 1938[1] |
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Oidaematophorus phaceliae is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It 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 mm. 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 mm 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. Before eclosion the pupa turns dark.[5]