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Stenoptilia exclamationis

Synonyms: Mimeseoptilus exclamationis

Wikipedia Abstract

Stenoptilia exclamationis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the United States (including California and Oregon). Its wingspan is about 22 mm. The head and palpi are gray, with brown scales on the sides and beneath the palpi. The thorax is gray, with a brown spot on the top, and the antennae are brownish gray. The abdomen is ocherous brown and the legs brownish are above and whitish beneath. The forewings are gray, sprinkled with fuscous. The costa is fuscous and there is a row of fuscous spots and a small fuscous dash under the costa before the middle. Two fuscous spots are located before the end of the fissure, and beyond them, on the first lobe, a fuscous dash, pointing toward the upper spot, both together forming an exclamation point. Above, the costa is spotted with
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Prey / Diet

Gentianella quinquefolia (agueweed)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0