Species Details

ABH: 45.037

BF: 1523

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Oidaematophorus lithodactyla

Authority: (Treitschke, 1833)

Vernacular: Dusky Plume

Account: Local on grassland, roadside verges and embankments throughout much of England and western Ireland Noticeable scale tufts on tibia. Larva feeds on flowers, stems and leaves of Common Fleabane.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 26 — 29 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 Jun (2020) — 28 Jul (2003)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Inula conyzae (Ploughman's-spikenard), Pulicaria dysenterica (Common Fleabane).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/oidaematophorus-lithodactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 14

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2020

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