Amblyptilia punctidactyla
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Amblyptilia |
| Species: | A. punctidactyla
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| Amblyptilia punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811)
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Amblyptilia punctidactyla, also known as the brindle plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Asia (including Japan) and Europe. The species was first described by the English entomologist, Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.[1][2]
Description
The wingspan is 18–23 millimetres (0.71–0.91 in). There are two generations per year in western Europe, with Adults on wing in July, and again from September to early-June, hibernating through the winter.[3] The imago of the brindled plume is similar in appearance to the beautiful plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla) but is darker appearing greyish-brown (cf. warm reddish-brown colour of the beautiful plume) and has distinct white speckling.[4][5]
The larvae feed on the flowers and unripe seeds of various herbaceous plants, but only on shaded plants.[5] Larval food plants include European columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris), common stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium), meadow crane's-bill (Geranium pratense), bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), primroses (Primula species) and hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica).
References
- ^ "Japanese Moths". jpmoth.org. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Amblyptilia punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "Amblyptilia punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811)". UKmoths. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, [1813])". UKmoths. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ a b Stirling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife. p. 190. ISBN 978 0 9564902 1 6.
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