Downland plume

Weight

Not recorded

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

35 countriessrc for Countries on record

The downland plume is listed for 35 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Bosnia & Herzegovina
4. Bulgaria
5. China
6. Croatia
7. Czechia
8. Denmark
9. Estonia
10. Finland
11. France
12. Georgia
13. Germany
14. Hungary
15. Iran
16. Italy
17. Kazakhstan
18. Latvia
19. Lithuania
20. Luxembourg
21. Netherlands
22. North Macedonia
23. Norway
24. Poland
25. Portugal
26. Romania
27. Russia
28. Serbia
29. Slovakia
30. Slovenia
31. Spain
32. Sweden
33. Switzerland
34. Türkiye
35. United Kingdom

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderLepidoptera
5. familyPterophoridae
6. genusOxyptilus
7. SpeciesOxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841)

Synonyms Oxyptilus bohemani, Oxyptilus hieracii, Pterophorus bohemanni, Pterophorus pilosellae, Pterophorus pilosellae var. bohemanni, Pterophorus pilosellidactyla

Catalogue of Life

CompareDownland plume vs Small plumeDownland plume vs Hawkweed plume mothDownland plume vs Eleaner’s plume mothDownland plume vs Oxyptilus catathectes

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@misc{downland_plume_2026,
  title = {Downland plume (Oxyptilus pilosellae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/downland-plume},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}