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Family: Pterophoridae   Checklist Number: 45.006

Platyptilia isodactylus  (Zeller, 1852)

Hoary Plume

The Scottish distribution is very much biased towards the west coast with numerous records from the Outer Hebrides all from the southern islands. A species of damp places found from June to late August. The larval food-plant is marsh ragwort (Jacobaea aquatica).

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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