Oxyptilus ericetorum
| Oxyptilus ericetorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Oxyptilus |
| Species: | O. ericetorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyptilus ericetorum (Stainton, 1851) | |
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Oxyptilus ericetorum is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine), east to Siberia.[1]
The wingspan is 16–19 millimetres (0.63–0.75 in).
The larvae feed on Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium murorum.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Oxyptilus ericetorum (Stainton, 1851)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
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