Oxyptilus distans
Seq # 321240018
Oxyptilus parvidactyla

Oxyptilus laetus (Zeller, 1847) Species

Last modified: Oct. 4, 2025, 2:13 p.m.

A rare migrant species that was new to Belgium in 2025 in HA.

Details

Classification
Family: Pterophoridae > Subfamily: Pterophorinae > Genus: Oxyptilus > Species: Oxyptilus laetus
Vernacular names
Scarce Light Plume (EN)
Status

Migrant

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan 14–23 mm. Summer generations are often smaller.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Bionomics

The larvae live and feed in spring in rosettes and leaf buds, and summer generations mainly in flower heads.

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Flight periods

It has three to four generations between April and October.

Observed on

The oligophagous larvae feed on Compositae like Hieracium and Hypochaeris radicata. Abroad, it feeds on Andryala species.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1815 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1801 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1973 Antwerpen
  • 1929 Limburg
  • 476 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1899 Brabant
  • 257 Brabant Wallon
  • 1693 Hainaut
  • 2225 Namur
  • 2146 Liège
  • 2227 Luxembourg