Platyptilia williamsii
Appearance
Platyptilia williamsii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Platyptilia |
Species: | P. williamsii
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Binomial name | |
Platyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908
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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.
References
[edit]- ^ Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America
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