Gillmeria

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Gillmeria
Gillmeria ochrodactyla

Gillmeria ochrodactyla

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Feather moths (Pterophoridae)
Subfamily : Pterophorinae
Genre : Gillmeria
Scientific name
Gillmeria
Tutt , 1905

Gillmeria is a species of butterflies from the family of the feather moths (Pterophoridae)widespreadin the Holarctic .

features

There is a scale brush at the front of the head. The palps are long and slender. The fore wings are usually quite pointed in shape and have poorly developed markings. The costal triangle is only indicated by a few small lines and points. On the wing outer edge of the third wing lobes of the hind wing there is a weakly developed so-called scale tooth. The European representatives of the genus Gillmeria reach a wingspan of 17 to 28 millimeters.

The valves are symmetrical. The basal area of ​​the saccule is often wider than the distal area and clearly separated from it. The female genitals are similar to those of the genus Platyptilia .

distribution

The representatives of the genus Gillmeria are common in the Holarctic . A single specimen of Gillmeria pallidactyla was collected in Brazil .

Way of life

Gillmeria ochrodactyla laying eggs on tansy

The previously known food plants are species from the sunflower genera Achillea (yarrow) and Tanacetum (wild flowers).

Systematics

The type specimen is Gillmeria ochrodactyla [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775. 14 species are currently known worldwide, five of which are also found in Europe :

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d C. Gielis: Pterophoridae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Eds.): Microlepidoptera of Europe 1: 1-222. , Apollo Books 1996, ISBN 87-88757-36-6
  2. ↑ C. Gielis: Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. In: World Catalog of Insects. Volume 4 , Apollo Books, 2003, ISBN 87-88757-68-4

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