Phymatopus californicus
Appearance
Phymatopus californicus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Phymatopus |
Species: | P. californicus
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Binomial name | |
Phymatopus californicus | |
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Phymatopus californicus, the lupine ghost moth, is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1868 and is known from the US state of California.[2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Recorded food plants for the species include Lupinus, Baccharis and Eriophyllum. There is one generation per year. Pupation occurs in the fall.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "Phymatopus californicus (Boisduval, 1868) – Lupine Ghost Moth". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Genus Phymatopus". BugGuide. Retrieved 7 December 2022.