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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).

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:10147

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

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].
  • 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].
  • 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].

Imago 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].

General 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].

Imago lifespan

  • May. [86].

General info about Larva

  • Larvae develop two years. Case consists Their narrow, cylindrical, covered with fragments of plants and soil particles. [86].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Thymus. [86].

Subspecies of Ptilocephala plumifera

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Shamil Murtazin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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29.01.2014 14:08, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Forewing length: No formalized data → 6—7,5 mm. Flight time: No formalized data → May. Caterpillar lifespan: No formalized data → January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Larva.

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