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The Geranium Plume Moth (''Amblyptilia pica'') is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amblyptilia pica )〕 The wingspan is .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The pterophoridae of North America )〕 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〔(University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum )〕 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'' * ''Amblyptilia pica calisequoiae'' (Lange, 1950) * ''Amblyptilia pica marina'' (Lange, 1950) * ''Amblyptilia pica sierrae'' (Lange, 1950) * ''Amblyptilia pica monticola'' (Grinnell, 1908) * ''Amblyptilia pica crataea'' (Fletcher, 1940) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amblyptilia pica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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