Oxyptilus pilosellae
Species of plume moth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oxyptilus pilosellae (hieracium plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1841. It is found in most of Europe, east to Russia and Asia Minor. It was released as a biological control agent for Hieracium in New Zealand in 1998.
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Oxyptilus pilosellae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Oxyptilus |
Species: | O. pilosellae |
Binomial name | |
Oxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841) | |
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