Conservation Status
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This species is common and widespread.
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Cyclicity
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Adultsare found in both spring and fall. In eastern Canada, adults fly from May-Oct. (Landry, 1987).
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Distribution
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Found throughout Northwestern North America, and throughout Alberta.
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General Description
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Small moths with dark grey forewings mottled with black. The costal triangle is well developed, and the third lobe of the hindwing has a distinct scale tooth. Male genitalia are unique in having a sclerotized cucullus, bristled uncus and saccus. It is readily identified by these wing and genitalic characters.
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Habitat
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Throughout Alberta, wherever the larval host plants occur.
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Life Cycle
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The larvae are both external feeders of foliage and internal borers of seedpods. The adults overwinter.
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Trophic Strategy
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No Alberta data. Elsewhere reported to utilize snapdragons (Scrophulariaceae), Geraniums (Geraniaceae), Primulaceae, Labiatae and Caprifoliaceae (Lange, 1950). The adults can be found in early spring nectaring on pussy willow flowers (Salix sp.)
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Amblyptilia pica
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Amblyptilia pica, the geranium plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by Baron Walsingham in 1880.[1] It is found in western North America from Alaska to California, inland to Alberta and Kansas. It is also found in the north-eastern United States and Ontario.[2]
The wingspan is 18–23 millimetres (0.71–0.91 in).[3] Adults have dark grey forewings mottled with black. They are on wing in spring and fall and have been recorded feeding on the flower nectar of Salix species.
The larvae feed on Scrophulariaceae, Geraniaceae, Primulaceae, Labiatae and Caprifoliaceae species, including Castilleja species, Pedicularis furbishiae and Scrophularia californica, Penstemon whippleanus. They feed externally on the foliage and flower buds of their host plant, but also bore into the seedpods[4] and mine the leaves. The species overwinters as an adult.
Taxonomy
A number of subspecies has been described, but it is unclear which, if any, are still valid:
- Amblyptilia pica pica
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Amblyptilia pica calisequoiae (Lange, 1950)
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Amblyptilia pica marina (Lange, 1950)
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Amblyptilia pica sierrae (Lange, 1950)
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Amblyptilia pica monticola (Grinnell, 1908)
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Amblyptilia pica crataea (T. B. Fletcher, 1940)
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Amblyptilia pica: Brief Summary
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Amblyptilia pica, the geranium plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by Baron Walsingham in 1880. It is found in western North America from Alaska to California, inland to Alberta and Kansas. It is also found in the north-eastern United States and Ontario.
The wingspan is 18–23 millimetres (0.71–0.91 in). Adults have dark grey forewings mottled with black. They are on wing in spring and fall and have been recorded feeding on the flower nectar of Salix species.
The larvae feed on Scrophulariaceae, Geraniaceae, Primulaceae, Labiatae and Caprifoliaceae species, including Castilleja species, Pedicularis furbishiae and Scrophularia californica, Penstemon whippleanus. They feed externally on the foliage and flower buds of their host plant, but also bore into the seedpods and mine the leaves. The species overwinters as an adult.
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Amblyptilia pica
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Insecten Amblyptilia pica is een vlinder uit de familie van de vedermotten (Pterophoridae).[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1880 door Walsingham.
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