Ptilocephala plumifera (Ochsenheimer, 1810)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Tineoidea → family Psychidae → subfamily Oiketicinae → tribe Oreopsychini → genus Ptilocephala → species Ptilocephala plumifera
Species name(s)
Ptilocephala plumifera (Ochsenheimer, 1810).
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny*; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Forewing length
6—7 mm.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Larva lifespan
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Over-wintering stage
Larva.
Detailed information with references
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- The front wings of males 6-7.5 mm, blackish-gray, translucent. The body in thick dark hairs. Feathery antennae. The female worm-like, without tendrils, with reduced thoracic legs. [86]. Shamil Murtazin.
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-West (?), The European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Lifespan
- May. [86]. Shamil Murtazin.
Additional info about Imago
- Moths fly in a few days in May, dry, well-heated places with steppefied vegetation. Activity in the windless morning hours. [86]. Shamil Murtazin.
Larva food plants
- Thymus. [86]. Shamil Murtazin.
Additional info about Larva
- Larvae develop two years. Case consists Their narrow, cylindrical, covered with fragments of plants and soil particles. [86]. Shamil Murtazin.
Subspecies Ptilocephala plumifera
- P. p. mediterranea (Lederer, 1852).
- P. p. plumifera (Ochsenheimer, 1810).
- P. p. valesiella (Milliere, 1867).
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Text data: Peter Khramov, Shamil Murtazin.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [86] Горбунов П. Ю., Ольшванг В. Н. Бабочки Южного Урала. Справочник-определитель. Екатеринбург: Сократ, 2008
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