Plutellidae
Plutella (Psuedoplutella) porrectella
PLUTELLA ( Psuedoplutella) porrectella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plutella (Psuedoplutella) porrectella
PLUTELLA ( Psuedoplutella) porrectella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide-Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Grey-streaked Smudge : Dame's Rocket Moth (USA)
Wingspan: 14-17mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Asia Minor : North America
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain although local in some areas
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Gardens : Fens : Marshes : Wherever the larval food plant grows
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates on underside of larval food plant leaves in a white cocoon
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: P.p.porrectella is usually found close to its larval food plant Dame's Violet Hesperis Matronalis and dictates where the species can be found in Great Britain,the plant often preferring wet conditions found on marshes and fens.
The moth is similar in appearance to the Diamond-back moth P.p.xylostella but the markings tend to be less defined and striated.
Although nocturnal in nature the moth can be disturbed from its larval food plant by day and is also attracted by the light trap.
Wingspan: 14-17mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Asia Minor : North America
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain although local in some areas
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena porrectella Linnaeus, 1758
- Phalaena xylostella Linnaeus, 1758
- Not Specified
Habitat: Gardens : Fens : Marshes : Wherever the larval food plant grows
Similar Species -
- Plutella (Plutella) xylostella Linnaeus, 1767
Pupa: Pupates on underside of larval food plant leaves in a white cocoon
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: P.p.porrectella is usually found close to its larval food plant Dame's Violet Hesperis Matronalis and dictates where the species can be found in Great Britain,the plant often preferring wet conditions found on marshes and fens.
The moth is similar in appearance to the Diamond-back moth P.p.xylostella but the markings tend to be less defined and striated.
Although nocturnal in nature the moth can be disturbed from its larval food plant by day and is also attracted by the light trap.
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.
- Brassicaceae - Mustards - Mustard Flowers - Cabbage Family
- Barbarea orthoceras - American Yellowrocket
- Hesperis matronalis - Sweet Rocket : Dame's Violet
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Plutellidae PLUTELLA Schrank, 1802 psuedoplutella Baraniak 2007 Plutella ( psuedoplutella ) porrectella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) - PHALAENA porrectella Linnaeus, 1758 = Pseudoplutella porrectella Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena porrectella Linnaeus, 1758 = Plutella hesperidella Hübner, 1796 = Plutella vigilaciella Clemens, 1860 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.540 - n.282 - Not Specified |