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Plume Moth

Platyptilia ochrodactyla

Taken on 16th July 2008, Lincoln UK. Wingspan 23-27mm, flies in July.

by wallaby1 Oct 13, 2008 1:38 AM

The legs are banded white and brown below the middle spurs.

by wallaby1 Oct 13, 2008 1:40 AM

Taken on 23rd July 2008. Feeding on Achillea in the daytime.

by wallaby1 Oct 13, 2008 1:43 AM

Larvae feed on Tanacetum vulgare, overwintering around the roots, then mining up a new shoot in the spring.

by wallaby1 Oct 13, 2008 1:48 AM

On 30th July 2008. This has to be a male, with a slimmer abdomen.

by wallaby1 Oct 13, 2008 1:51 AM

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Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pterophoridae

Genus

Platyptilia

Species

ochrodactyla

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