Platyptilia tesseradactyla
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Platyptilia tesseradactyla is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in northern and central Europe
, east to Russia
. In Norway
it is found up to 70° northern latitude. It is also found in the United States
and Canada
and has also been recorded from Iran
.
The wingspan
is 17-20 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.
The larvae feed on the stems of Helichrysum arenarium
and Antennaria dioica
.
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 in northern and central 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...
, east to Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. In Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
it is found up to 70° northern latitude. It is also found in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and has also been recorded from Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
.
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 17-20 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.
The larvae feed on the stems of Helichrysum arenarium
Helichrysum arenarium
Helichrysum arenarium is also known as dwarf everlast, and Immortelle -Description:An Perennial plant, it grows to be an average of 0.3 m tall....
and Antennaria dioica
Antennaria dioica
Antennaria dioica is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae...
.