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Oxyptilus Zeller, 1841

Kirjosulkaperhoset
Oxyptilus Zeller, 1841; Isis von Oken 1841 (10): 765, TS: Pterophorus pilosellae
Oxyptilus (Platyptiliinae) ; [NACL, 86]

400x292 (~10Kb) Estonia, Elva, 17.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Oxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841)

EU, Asia Minor. See [About maps] Pterophorus pilosellae Zeller, 1841; Isis von Oken 1841 (10): 789
Oxyptilus bohemani Wallengren, 1862; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (N.F.) 3 (7) : 16
Oxyptilus pilosellae, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

Larva on Hieracium pilosella [ME1]

Oxyptilus chrysodactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

EU. See [About maps] Alycita chrysodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 320
Pterophorus hieracii Zeller, 1841; Isis von Oken 1841 (11-12): 827
Oxyptilus chrysodactyla, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

Larva on Hieracium umbellatum, Hieracium amplexicaule, H. sabaudum, Picris hieracioides [ME1]

Oxyptilus ericetorum (Stainton, 1851)

NEU, CEU, Mountaneous parts of Mediterranean. See [About maps] Pterophorus ericetorum Stainton, 1851; Suppl. Cat. Br. Tineidae and Pterophoridae: 28
Oxyptilus ericetorum, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

Larva on Hieracium pilosella, H. murorum [ME1]

Oxyptilus parvidactyla (Haworth, 1811)

EU, Asia Minor, North Africa. See [About maps] Alucita parvidactyla Haworth, 1811; Lepid. Britannica (3): 480
Pterophorus obscurus Zeller, 1841; Isis von Oken 1841 (10): 793
Oxyptilus hoffmannseggi Möschler, 1866; Berl. ent. Z. 10 : 145
Oxyptilus maroccanensis Amsel, 1956; Z. Wien. Ent. Ges. 41: 22
Oxyptilus parvidactyla, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

Larva on Hieracium pilosella, H. laevigatum [ME1]

Oxyptilus cinctipedalis Walker, 1864

Australia. See [About maps]

Oxyptilus regulus Meyrick, 1906

Australia. See [About maps] Oxyptilus regulus, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

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References:

[About maps]

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[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[ME1]

Cees Gielis, 1996; Pterophoridae; In P. Huemer, O. Karsholt & L. Lyneborg (eds.); Microlepidoptera of Europe 1: 1-222

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[Tero Piirainen]

Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

Some related literature:

Haworth, 1811

Lepidoptera Britannica, sistens digestimen novam lepidopterorum quae in Magna Britannica reperiunter ... adjunguntur dissertationes variae ad historiam naturalam spectantes Lepid. Britannica (1): 1-136 (1803), (2): 137-376 ([1809]), (3): 377-512 ([1811]), (4): 513-609 (1828)

Möschler, 1866

Aufzählung der in Andalusien 1865 von Herrn Graf v. Hoffmannsegg gesammelten Schmetterlinge Berl. ent. Z. 10 : 143-146

Wallengren, 1862

Skandinaviens Fjädermott (Alucita Lin.), beskrifna af H. D. J. Wallengren K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (N.F.) 3 (7) : 1-25

Zeller, 1841

Pterophorides, einer Nachtfalterfamilie Isis von Oken 1841 (10): 755-794, (11-12): 827-893

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