Parametriotidae
Blastodacna hellerella
BLASTODACNA hellerella (Duponchel, 1838)
Blastodacna hellerella
BLASTODACNA hellerella (Duponchel, 1838)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Hawthorn Cosmet
Wingspan: 10-11mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Slovenia & Ukraine) : Caucusus
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of British Isles but very local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Gardens : Woodland : Farmland : Parkland : Scrub
Similar Species -
Apple Pith Moth - Blastodacna atra - (Haworth, 1828)
Larva: Larva feeds within Hawthorn berries
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The forewing is dark brown towards black, with a dorsum white streak from base to tornus,narrowed by the dark brown in median area.There is a white line bordering the dark brown running from half way along the forewing towards the apex making the dark area appear to be triangulated.Two pairs of raised scales in dark brown are positioned half way and in centre of forewing at two thirds appearing as dark brown spots.
Found resting during the day on trunks or fences,the moth is also attracted to light.
Wingspan: 10-11mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Slovenia & Ukraine) : Caucusus
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of British Isles but very local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Alucita hellerella Duponchel, 1838
- Alucita hellerella Duponchel, 1838
- Not Specified
Habitat: Gardens : Woodland : Farmland : Parkland : Scrub
Similar Species -
Apple Pith Moth - Blastodacna atra - (Haworth, 1828)
Larva: Larva feeds within Hawthorn berries
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The forewing is dark brown towards black, with a dorsum white streak from base to tornus,narrowed by the dark brown in median area.There is a white line bordering the dark brown running from half way along the forewing towards the apex making the dark area appear to be triangulated.Two pairs of raised scales in dark brown are positioned half way and in centre of forewing at two thirds appearing as dark brown spots.
Found resting during the day on trunks or fences,the moth is also attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Crataegus laevigata - Midland Hawthorn
- Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Prunus domestica - Bullace - Plum (Britain)
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Family: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - BLASTODACNA: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Parametriotidae BLASTODACNA Wocke 1876 Blastodacna hellerella (Duponchel, 1838) - Alucita hellerella Duponchel, 1838 - ALUCITA hellerella (Duponchel, 1838) - Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France; by Godart, Jean Baptiste, 1775-1825; Genouville, E. R., d. 1820; Duponchel, Philogene Auguste Joseph, 1774-1846; Vauthier, Antoine Charles, b. 1790; Duménil, Paul Chrétien Romain Constant, b. 1779 - v.11 : Title Page : p.218 - 219 : pl.293 - fig.11 - Not Specified |