Oidaematophorus lithodactyla

Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Oidaematophorus
Species: O. lithodactyla
Binomial name
Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
(Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Alucita lithodactyla Treitschke, 1833
  • Alucita septodactyla Treitschke, 1833
  • Pterophorus similidactylus Dale, 1834
  • Pterophorus phaeodactylus Stephens, 1835
  • Pterophorus lithoxylodactylus Duponchel, 1838
  • Pterophorus lithodactylus
  • Oidaematophorus lithodactylus

Oidaematophorus lithodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is found from Europe to Asia Minor and Japan.

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 Pulicaria dysenterica and Inula conyza. They initially feed in the shoots, but later they feed on the leaves.[2] Occasionally the larvae are found feeding on fleabane as well, while adults rarely prefer it.[3]

On 2 June 1984, the Oidaematophorus lithodactyla larvae were found feeding on Inula salicina, in Oslo.[4]

References

  1. "Oidaematophorus lithodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)". Fauna Europaea. 2.5. July 23, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  2. "Species feeding habits". UKmoths. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  3. "British journal of entomology and natural history" (PDF). 16-18. 2003: 163.
  4. "Norwegian Journal of Entomology" (PDF). Fauna Norvegica. Norsk zoologisk tidsskriftsentral. 1984.
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