Oxyptilus pilosellae
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Oxyptilus |
Species: | O. pilosellae
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Binomial name | |
Oxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Oxyptilus pilosellae (hieracium plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1841. It is found in most of Europe, east to Russia and Asia Minor. It was released as a biological control agent for Hieracium in New Zealand in 1998.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 15–24 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in western Europe.
Young larvae feed within the roots of hawkweeds (Hieracium species), including mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella). Later instars feed on the flowerheads, beneath a silken web.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Oxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Oxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841) downland plume". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Hants Moths
- microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine