Phymatopus hectoides

Phymatopus hectoides is a species of moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1868, and is known from the western United States,^[1] including California, Arizona, Nevada and Oregon.

Phymatopus hectoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Phymatopus
Species:	P. hectoides
Binomial name
Phymatopus hectoides (Boisduval, 1868)
Synonyms
List Hepialus hectoides Boisduval, 1868 Epialus modestus Edwards, 1873 Hepialus lenzi Behrens, 1876 Hepialus sangaris Strecker, [1878] Hepialus inutilis Edwards, 1881

The wingspan is about 27 mm.^[2][3] Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Baccharis, Horkelia, Lupinus, Helenium, Eriophyllum, Scrophularia and fern species. They bore in the shoots and roots of their host plant.