Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
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Oidaematophorus lithodactyla is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from Europe
to Asia Minor
and Japan
.
The wingspan
is 26-29 mm. Adults have a greyish forewing with an angled darker marking just inside the cleft. Adults are on wing in July and August in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica
and Inula conyza. They initially feed in the shoots, but later they feed on the leaves.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 26-29 mm. Adults have a greyish forewing with an angled darker marking just inside the cleft. Adults are on wing in July and August in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica
Pulicaria dysenterica
Pulicaria dysenterica is a species of Fleabane in the daisy family. It is native to Europe and western Asia where it grows in a variety of habitats ranging from semi-arid Mediterranean woodlands to wetter situations. P. dysenterica is perennial and can form dense clusters of plants, spreading by...
and Inula conyza. They initially feed in the shoots, but later they feed on the leaves.