- Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
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Oidaematophorus lithodactyla 
Probably Oidaematophorus lithodactyla Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pterophoridae Genus: Oidaematophorus Species: O. lithodactyla Binomial name Oidaematophorus lithodactyla
(Treitschke, 1833)Synonyms - Alucita lithodactyla Treitschke, 1833
- Alucita septodactyla Treitschke, 1833
- Pterophorus similidactylus Dale, 1834
- Pterophorus phaeodactylus Stephens, 1835
- Pterophorus lithoxylodactylus Duponchel, 1838
- Pterophorus lithodactylus
- Oidaematophorus lithodactylus
Oidaematophorus lithodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from Europe to Asia Minor and Japan.
The wingspan is 26-29 mm. Adults have a greyish forewing with an angled darker marking just inside the cleft. Adults are on wing in July and August in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica and Inula conyza. They initially feed in the shoots, but later they feed on the leaves.
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