Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
| Oidaematophorus lithodactyla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Oidaematophorus |
| Species: | O. lithodactyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Oidaematophorus lithodactyla (Treitschke, 1833) | |
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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 is found feeding on fleabane as well, while adults rarely prefer it.[3]
On 2 June 1984, the Oidaematophorus lithodactyla larvae was found feeding on Inula salicina, in Oslo.[4]
References
- ↑ "Oidaematophorus lithodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)". Fauna Europaea. 2.5. July 23, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Species feeding habits". UKmoths. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- ↑ "British journal of entomology and natural history" (PDF). 16-18. 2003. p. 163.
- ↑ "Norwegian Journal of Entomology" (PDF). Fauna Norvegica (Norsk zoologisk tidsskriftsentral). 1984.
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