Oxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841)
[Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae]


Pterophorus pilosellae Zeller, 1841. Isis. Jena. 25 (10): 789, pl. 4 fig. 27.
Pterophorus bohemanni
Wallengren, 1862. Skand. fjâd.: 16.
Oxyptilus pilosellae
(Zeller, 1841).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: Not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The adult is illustrated in the Encyclopedia of Life. The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update).

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Pilosella officinarum Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pitkin and Plant

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including East Kent (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Yugoslavia (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Pilosella officinarum

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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