Species Oidaematophorus phaceliae - Scorpionweed Plume Moth - Hodges#6170

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)

Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)

Subfamily Pterophorinae (Five-lobed Plume Moths)

Tribe Oidaematophorini

Genus Oidaematophorus

Species phaceliae (Scorpionweed Plume Moth - Hodges#6170)

Hodges Number

6170

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oidaematophorus phaceliae McDunnough (1), 1938

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length 9.5-13 mm. (2)

Range

California (3) to Ontario (4).

Food

The larval hosts include Hydrophyllum virginianum L. and Phacelia sp.

Print References

Comstock, J.A., 1964. The early stages of Oidaematophorus phaceliae McD. (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). The Canadian Entomologist, 96.

McDunnough, J.H., 1938. Notes on certain Of Walsingham's species Of Oidaematophorus with descriptions of new species (Pterophoridae). The Canadian Entomologist, 70. Abstract & access to PDF

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 12, fig. 33; p. 120. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group. (5)

Works Cited

1.	James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 May, 2014 - 1:55pm
Additional contributions by treichard
Last updated 16 August, 2023 - 7:32pm

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