Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
Oidaematophorus lithodactyla, also known as the dusky plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found from Europe to Asia Minor and Japan. It was first described by German lepidopterist, Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1833.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Oidaematophorus |
| Species: | O. lithodactyla |
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| Oidaematophorus lithodactyla (Treitschke, 1833) | |
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Description
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The wingspan is 26–29 millimetres (1.0–1.1 in). Adults have a greyish forewing with an angled darker marking just inside the cleft. Adults are on wing in July and August in western, central and northeastern Europe.[1]
The larvae feed on common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) and ploughman's-spikenard (Inula conyza). They initially feed in the shoots, but later feed on the leaves.[2][3]
On 2 June 1984, larvae were found feeding on willowleaf yellowhead (Inula salicina), in Oslo.[4]
References
- "Oidaematophorus lithodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- "Species feeding habits". UKMoths. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- "British journal of entomology and natural history" (PDF). 16–18. 2003: 163. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Norwegian Journal of Entomology" (PDF). Fauna Norvegica. Norsk zoologisk tidsskriftsentral. 1984.
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