Oxyptilus ericetorum

Oxyptilus ericetorum
Oxyptilus ericetorum
Scientific 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 Pterophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine), east to Siberia.

The wingspan is 16–19 mm.

The larvae feed on Hieracium pilosella and Hieracium murorum.

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