Oxyptilus ericetorum

Oxyptilus ericetorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Oxyptilus
Species:
O. ericetorum
Binomial name
Oxyptilus ericetorum
(Stainton, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus ericetorum Stainton, 1851

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

  1. ^ "Oxyptilus ericetorum (Stainton, 1851)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2011.


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