Oidaematophorus cretidactylus
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Oidaematophorus cretidactylus is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America
(including California
, New York
and Ontario
).
The wingspan
is about 26 mm. The head is whitish ochreous, slightly tinged with fawn colour on the front. The palpi are fawn colour and the antennae are whitish, faintly spotted with fawn colour. The thorax is whitish ochreous and the abdomen is fawn colour. The forewings are whitish ochreous, the costa, apex and hind margin tinged with fawn colour. There is a dark fawn-coloured spot before the base of the fissure, more or less connected obliquely with an elongated spot of the same colour on the costa. There is a light space on each side of the costal spot. The fringes are whitish ochreous, tinged with pale fawn colour. The hindwings and fringes are lustrous, pale fawn colour.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
(including California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
).
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 26 mm. The head is whitish ochreous, slightly tinged with fawn colour on the front. The palpi are fawn colour and the antennae are whitish, faintly spotted with fawn colour. The thorax is whitish ochreous and the abdomen is fawn colour. The forewings are whitish ochreous, the costa, apex and hind margin tinged with fawn colour. There is a dark fawn-coloured spot before the base of the fissure, more or less connected obliquely with an elongated spot of the same colour on the costa. There is a light space on each side of the costal spot. The fringes are whitish ochreous, tinged with pale fawn colour. The hindwings and fringes are lustrous, pale fawn colour.