Stenoptilia millieridactyla

Short description: Species of plume moth

Stenoptilia millieridactyla

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Pterophoridae
Genus:  | Stenoptilia
Species:  |

S. millieridactyla

Binomial name
Stenoptilia millieridactyla

(Bruand, 1859)

Synonyms

List

*     * Stenoptilia millieridactylus
* Pterophorus millieridactyla Bruand d'Uzelle, 1861
* Stenoptilia saxifragae T. B. Fletcher & Pierce, 1940[1]

Stenoptilia millieridactyla, also known as the saxifrage plume is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1859. It is found in Europe.

## Description

The wingspan is 17–20 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July, with a small second generation in late August and early September in some years.[2]

From late August the larvae feed on Saxifraga ragosoi, meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) and mossy saxifrage (Saxifraga hypnoides) including cultivars. They mine a number of leaves from the base upwards and hibernate in a hibernaculum in the heart of the plant. In spring, larvae feed externally on the plant and pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2][3][4]

## Distribution

Stenoptilia millieridactyla is found in France , Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, Ireland and Italy.[5] Accidentally introduced to Great Britain in the 1960s and expanding its range. In Derbyshire the larvae have been found feeding on cultivars of mossy saxifrage in gardens.[4]

## References

1. ↑ Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge; Price, F. N. (1940). "A New Irish Plume-Moth (Lep., Alucit.) With a Note on its Genitalia". The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 52 (new series) (3): 25. https://archive.org/stream/entomologistsrec521940tutt#page/25/mode/1up.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kimber, Ian. "Stenoptilia millieridactyla (Bruand, 1861)". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/stenoptilia-millieridactyla/mine/. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
3. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Stenoptilia millieridactylus (Bruand, 1861)". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/apoditrysia/pterophoroidea/pterophoridae/pterophorinae/stenoptilia/stenoptilia-millieridactylus/. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Stirling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife. p. 191. ISBN 978 0 9564902 1 6.
5. ↑ "Stenoptilia millieridactylus (Bruand, 1861)". http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:438192. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

See also Wikidata entry Q7607791.

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