Oidaematophorus lithodactyla

Oidaematophorus lithodactyla, also known as the dusky plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found from Europe to Asia Minor and Japan. It was first described by German lepidopterist, Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1833.

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

Description

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 common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) and ploughman's-spikenard (Inula conyza). They initially feed in the shoots, but later feed on the leaves.[2][3]

On 2 June 1984, larvae were found feeding on willowleaf yellowhead (Inula salicina), in Oslo.[4]


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References
  1. "Oidaematophorus lithodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. "Species feeding habits". UKMoths. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  3. "British journal of entomology and natural history" (PDF). 16-18. 2003: 163. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Norwegian Journal of Entomology" (PDF). Fauna Norvegica. Norsk zoologisk tidsskriftsentral. 1984.

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