Platyptilia calodactyla

Platyptilia calodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. calodactyla
Binomial name
Platyptilia calodactyla
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Alucita calodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Alucita petradactyla Hübner, 1819
  • Pterophorus zetterstedti Zeller, 1841
  • Platyptilia taeniadactyla South, 1882
  • Platyptilia leucorrhyncha Meyrick, 1902
  • Platyptilia calodactyla f. doronicella Fuchs, 1902

Platyptilia calodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Greece. It has also been recorded from Iran.[1]

The wingspan is 18–25 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation.

The larvae feed in the stem of Solidago virgaurea, Senecio nemorensis, Senecio sylvaticus and Doronicum species, sometimes causing wilting of the leaves. Pupation takes place within the stem.

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References

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