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
  • 1813 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1802 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1973 Antwerpen
  • 1929 Limburg
  • 432 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1911 Brabant
  • 215 Brabant Wallon
  • 1695 Hainaut
  • 2228 Namur
  • 2145 Liège
  • 2229 Luxembourg