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Platyptilia gonodactyla
Platyptilia gonodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae (plume moths). Plume moths have unusually modified wings and are small in size. This moth is found in the Palearctic ecozone.
Forest margin with wildflowers, alt. 1500 m.
Wingspan is 22–28 mm. Flies from May to October depending on the location.
Spotted on Jul 9, 2013
Submitted on Jul 17, 2013
9 Comments
Thanks again Satyen!
Lovely find!
Thanks again Adarsha!
Great find :)
Thanks J :-) In the comment below I actually meant not so much :-)
Terrific series, Daniele! You've captured a lovely plume moth in fantastic detail!
Thanks Kathleen and Noel! These beautiful little critters are so much rare but rather hard to see; I've added in 3rd place a cropped pic of the first frame I shot for this. Try and see it in there :-)
Very nice and interesting spot, Daniele!
Exciting to find a first spotting for PN! Also nice spotting anyhow!