Platyptilia carduidactyla

TaxID: 989796

Basic Information

Platyptilia carduidactyla

Artichoke Plume Moth

Platyptilia carduidactyla, the artichoke plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Riley in 1869. It is found in New Zealand and North America, from Mexico north into the United States. The wingspan is 19 C32 mm. Adults are on wing in July in Mexico and from May to September further north. The larvae feed on Arctium, Carduus, Cirsium, Cynara and Silybum species. They are a pest of Cynara scolymus. The females lay their eggs on the bottom side of artichoke plants. The caterpillars can cause considerable damage.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Pterophoridae

Platyptilia

carduidactyla

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) C. Mallory@BY-NC
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(c) Kristin Kraemer@BY-NC
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(c) Kristin Kraemer@BY-NC
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(c) Dick@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Japan Quarantine pests —
Syrian Arab Republic Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature