Platyptilia tesseradactyla

Platyptilia tesseradactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. tesseradactyla
Binomial name
Platyptilia tesseradactyla
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena Alucita tesseradactyla Linnaeus, 1761
  • Pterophorus fischeri Zeller, 1841
  • Platyptilia hibemica Tutt, 1906

Platyptilia tesseradactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in northern and central Europe, east to Russia. In Norway it is found up to 70° northern latitude. It is also found in the United States and Canada and has also been recorded from Iran.[1]

The wingspan is 17–20 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.

The larvae feed on the stems of Helichrysum arenarium and Antennaria dioica.

References

  1. ↑ Notes on the tribes Platyptiliini and Exelastini from Iran (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
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