Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Pterophoroidea Pterophoridae Pterophorinae

• Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, [1813]) EU, North Africa, Asia Minor. See [maps]

  • Alucita acanthadactyla Hübner, [1813]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [9]: pl. 5, f. 23-24
  • Amblyptilia calaminthae Frey, 1886; Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 47: 16
  • ?Amblyptilia tetralicella Hering, 1891; Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 52: [nomen nudum]
  • ?Platyptilia tetralicella Hofmann, 1895; Ber. Nat. Ver. Regensbg. 5: 62

  • Amblyptilia acanthadactyla; [ME1]; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [SVF]

  Larva on Stachys sylvatica, Ononis natrix, O. repens, O. spinosa, Mentha sp., Salvia sp., Euphrasia sp., Teucrium scorodonia, Chenopodium sp., Calluna vulgaris, Erica teralix, Geranium robertianum, Bartsia sp., Carlina sp., Lavandula stoechas, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Calamintha nepeta, Jurinea sp. [ME1]

• Amblyptilia punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811) EU. See [maps]

  • Alucita punctidactyla Haworth, 1811; Lepid. Britannica (3): 479
  • Alucita cosmodactyla Hübner, [1819]
    • = ; [RFEL]
  • Alucita ulodactyla Zetterstedt, 1840; Insecta Lapponica: 1012
  • Platyptilus cosmodactylus var. stachydalis Frey, 1870; Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 3 (6): 290
  • Platyptilia moerens Snellen, 1883
    • = ; [RFEL]
  • Platyptilia jezoensis Matsumura, 1931
    • = ; [RFEL]
  • Platyptilia bella Yano, 1963
    • = ; [RFEL]

  • Amblyptilia punctidactyla; [ME1]; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [SVF]

  Larva on Stachys sylvatica, Aquilegia vulgaris, Geranium pratense, Erodium cicutarium, Salvia glutinosa, Primula sp., Ononis spinosa, Prunella sp. [ME1]

• Amblyptilia pica (Walsingham, 1880)

  • Amblyptilia pica; [NACL], #6118; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • punctidactyla Haworth, 1811; auth., (part)
  • acanthadactyla Hübner, 1805-13; auth., (part)
  • cosmodactyla Hübner, 1818-19; auth., (part)
  • ulodactyla Zetterstedt, 1839; auth., (part)
  • A. p. calisequoiae (Lange, 1950)

    • Amblyptilia pica calisequoiae; [NACL], #6118a; [iNaturalist]
  • A. p. marina (Lange, 1950)

    • Amblyptilia pica marina; [NACL], #6118b; [iNaturalist]
  • A. p. sierrae (Lange, 1950)

    • Amblyptilia pica sierrae; [NACL], #6118c; [iNaturalist]
  • A. p. monticola (Grinnell, 1908)

    • Amblyptilia pica monticola; [NACL], #6118d
  • A. p. crataea (Fletcher, 1940)

    • Amblyptilia pica crataea; [NACL], #6118e

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