Autostichidae : Symmocinae
Oegoconia quadripuncta
OEGOCONIA quadripuncta (Haworth, 1828)
Oegoconia quadripuncta
OEGOCONIA quadripuncta (Haworth, 1828)
Life Cycle Guide - Imago Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Four-spotted Obscure : Leaf Litter Moth : Four-spotted Yellowneck(USA)
Wingspan: 13-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Southern Europe,Central Europe : North America - California, Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland,New Jersey,New York, Pennsylvania,Vermont & Virginia
UK Distribution: England and southern Wales to Lancashire - common throughout much of this area : Ireland - rare
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
Observations: The thorax of this species is yellow turning dark brown towards the head. The forewing is blackish brown with pale yellow spot in basal area a yellow band in median area and another postmedian.
All Oegoconia species are similar therefore genitalia inspection only will differentiate between the species O.cradjai Popescu - Gorg & Capuse, 1965 & O.deauratella (Herrich -Schäffer,1854),certainly this moth being the most common of the three species.
Certain features may help in identification with O.dearatella being the darkest of the species and having a narrower median yellow band.O.caradjai has a slightly narrower forewing than the other two species and is also the palest of the three species with broadest median band.
The moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 13-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Southern Europe,Central Europe : North America - California, Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland,New Jersey,New York, Pennsylvania,Vermont & Virginia
UK Distribution: England and southern Wales to Lancashire - common throughout much of this area : Ireland - rare
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Recurvaria quadripuncta (Haworth, 1828)
- Recurvaria quadripuncta (Haworth, 1828)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
- Oegoconia deauratella (Herrich - Schäffer, 1854) - spreading north and west from south east
- Oegoconia caradjai Popescu - Gorg & Capuse, 1965 - local in south east
Observations: The thorax of this species is yellow turning dark brown towards the head. The forewing is blackish brown with pale yellow spot in basal area a yellow band in median area and another postmedian.
All Oegoconia species are similar therefore genitalia inspection only will differentiate between the species O.cradjai Popescu - Gorg & Capuse, 1965 & O.deauratella (Herrich -Schäffer,1854),certainly this moth being the most common of the three species.
Certain features may help in identification with O.dearatella being the darkest of the species and having a narrower median yellow band.O.caradjai has a slightly narrower forewing than the other two species and is also the palest of the three species with broadest median band.
The moth is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
The larvae are detritophagous feeding on leaf litter or detritus
The larvae are detritophagous feeding on leaf litter or detritus
Taxonomy
|
Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - OEGOCONIA: Original Species Name: Species Name: Genus Names: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Autostichidae Symmocinae Oegoconiini OEGOCONIA Stainton, 1854 Oegoconia quadripuncta (Haworth, 1828) - Recurvaria quadripuncta (Haworth, 1828) - RECURVARIA quadripuncta (Haworth, 1828) = Oegoconia deauratella Stainton, 1849 = Anacampsis bifasciella Stephens, 1835 = Lampros kindermanniella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 = Symmoca novimundi Busck, 1915 - OEGOCONIA Stainton, 1854 = Clerogenes Meyrick, 1921 - RECURVARIA quadripuncta (Haworth, 1828) - Lepidoptera Britannica (4): Title Page : p.557 - n.47 - Not Specified |