Pterophoridae

45.037 Dusky Plume Oidaematophorus lithodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 12 to 14mm

Habitats: Chalk and calcareous downland, dry grassland, road verges, open woodland, hedgerows, sheltered river-banks and ditches.

Habits: The moth flies from dusk and occasionally comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva at first feeds in the fresh shoots of Common Fleabane or Ploughman's-spikenard, but it later feeds externally on a leaf making many small holes. It pupates on the upperside of a leaf of the foodplant.