Praydidae
Ash Bud Moth
PRAYS fraxinella (Bjerkander, 1784)
Ash Bud Moth
PRAYS fraxinella (Bjerkander, 1784)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 14-17mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia,Sicily & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Well distributed throughout Britain where Ash trees grow
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Parks : Hedgerow trees
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth has a white head and thorax with white forewing and black triangular blotch half way along wing and against the costa just falling short of the dorsum.There is another black mark along the termen. The melanic form P.f.f. rustica Haworth, 1828 is dark grey brown, showing the markings previously mentioned very faintly.
The similar species P.f.ruficeps (Heinemann, 1854) is smaller with an orangey brown head and thorax and forewings dark brown making it similar to the melanic form of Ash Bud Moth.
The moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia,Sicily & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Well distributed throughout Britain where Ash trees grow
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea fraxinella (Bjerkander, 1784)
- Tinea caenobitella Hübner, 1813
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Parks : Hedgerow trees
Similar Species -
- Prays ruficeps (Heinemann, 1854)
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth has a white head and thorax with white forewing and black triangular blotch half way along wing and against the costa just falling short of the dorsum.There is another black mark along the termen. The melanic form P.f.f. rustica Haworth, 1828 is dark grey brown, showing the markings previously mentioned very faintly.
The similar species P.f.ruficeps (Heinemann, 1854) is smaller with an orangey brown head and thorax and forewings dark brown making it similar to the melanic form of Ash Bud Moth.
The moth is 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.
- Oleceae - Mesophytic Shrubs - Trees - Vines
- Fraxinus excelsior - Ash
- Fraxinus excelsior - Ash
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - PRAYS: Original Species Name: Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Location: Forms: |
Animalia
Eumetazoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Praydidae PRAYS Hübner 1825 Prays fraxinella (Bjerkander, 1784) - Tinea caenobitella Hübner, 1813 - TINEA fraxinella (Bjerkander, 1784) = Prays curtisella Donovan, 1793 - HT Stainton, 1870 The natural history of the Tineina 11: I-XIII, 1-330, pl. I-VIII. London (John van Voorst) : Title Page : page.6 - n.1 : Prays Curtisellus - Pl.1 - Fig 1 K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 5: 324 - Not Specified - P.f.f. rustica Haworth, 1828 - melanic form |