Gillmeria pallidactyla

Gillmeria pallidactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Gillmeria
Species:	G. pallidactyla
Binomial name
Gillmeria pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811)
Synonyms
Alucita pallidactyla Haworth, 1811 Platyptilia pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811) Pterophorus migadactylus Curtis, 1827 Alucita ochrodactyla Treitschke, 1833 Pterophorus marginidactylus Fitch, 1854 Pterophorus nebulaedactylus Fitch, 1854 Platyptilus bertrami Rössler, 1864 Platyptilus bischoffi Zeller, 1867 Pterophorus cervinidactylus Packard, 1873 Platyptilus adustus Walsingham, 1880 Platyptilia sachalinensis Matsumura, 1911 Platyptilia pallidiola Matsumura, 1931 Platyptilia chapmani Tutt, 1896

Gillmeria pallidactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It has a Holarctic distribution and is widespread throughout North America and Eurasia.

The wingspan is 23–27 millimetres (0.91–1.06 in).^[1] Adults are on wing from June to July in Europe and from June to August in northern North America. They hide amongst low foliage during the day. They become active from dusk onwards.

The larvae mainly feed on Achillea species (including Achillea ptarmica and Achillea millefolium), but might also feed on Tanacetum (including Tanacetum vulgare).

References

External links

• Images
• UKmoths
• Species info
• Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)