Platyptilia tesseradactyla
| Platyptilia tesseradactyla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Platyptilia |
| Species: | P. tesseradactyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Platyptilia tesseradactyla (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
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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.[1]
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.
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