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Pterophoridae : Pterophorinae

Yarrow Plume

GILLMERIA pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811)
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Description
Vernacular Name: Yarrow Plume
Wingspan: 23-27mm
Worldwide Distribution: North America : Eurasia (Holarctic Region)
UK Distribution: Widely distributed throughout the Britsish Isles,but local
UK Conservation Status -
  • Common = >300 10Km Squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Alucita pallidactyla Haworth, 1811
Type Species - Gillmeria
  • Alucita ochrodactyla ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Type Locality -
  • Country unknown - Locality unknown
Flight period: June-August-Single brooded
Habitat:  Dry & Wet Meadows : Waste Ground : Hedgerows : Gardens
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  • Gillmeria ochrodactyla ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Larva: The Larvae live in the stem of the food plant. In the spring the larva mines the young shoots causing them to drop
Pupa: Pupates on stem or under leaf of the larval food plant
Overwinters as: larva, in root of foodplant
Observations:  The moth usually hides during the day amongst vegetation but is easily disturbed. Normally on the wing from dusk but comes to light.

The similar species G.ochrodactyla is differentiated from G.pallidactyla by having dark brown rings above each of the rear tibial spurs.
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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pterophoroidea
Pterophoridae
Pterophorinae
GILLMERIA Tutt, 1905
Gillmeria pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811)
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Alucita ochrodactyla ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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ALUCITA pallidactyla Haworth, 1811
= Platyptilia pallidactyla Haworth, 1811
= Alucita pallidactyla Haworth, 1811
= Pterophorus migadactylus Curtis, 1827
= Alucita ochrodactyla Treitschke, 1833
= Pterophorus marginidactylus Fitch, 1854
= Pterophorus nebulaedactylus Fitch, 1854
= Platyptilus bertrami Rössler, 1864
= Platyptilus bischoffi Zeller, 1867
= Pterophorus cervinidactylus Packard, 1873
= Platyptilus adustus Walsingham, 1880
= Platyptilia sachalinensis Matsumura, 1911
= Platyptilia pallidiola Matsumura, 1931
= Platyptilia chapmani Tutt, 1896
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Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.478 - n.11
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Country unknown - Locality unknown