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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oidaematophorus lithodactyla.
Wikispecies has information related to: Oidaematophorus lithodactyla


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.