Crambidae : Pyraustinae
Pyrausta cingulata
PYRAUSTA cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pyrausta cingulata
PYRAUSTA cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Silver-barred Sable
Wingspan: 14-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Norway,Portugal,Ukraine & some Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Found around coasts of England,Wales,Southern Scotland-very local : Ireland - found in parts of Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Coastal and Limestone grasslands : Sand Dunes
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A brownish black moth with a central white cross band which is slightly wavy and continues across all wings. As can be seen in the photo there are also some white scales which appear in the basal area.
A double brooded moth it can be seen from May to early September.
This moth is larger than Pyrausta nigrata (Scopoli,1763) and can be separated by the white straight median band which in the case of the similar species is more wavy and angled.
The moth is a coastal species found on limestone grasslands and sand dunes and would not normally be found inland.
Wingspan: 14-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Norway,Portugal,Ukraine & some Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Found around coasts of England,Wales,Southern Scotland-very local : Ireland - found in parts of Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
- Local
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Geometra) cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phalaena cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Europe
Habitat: Coastal and Limestone grasslands : Sand Dunes
Similar Species -
- Pyrausta nigrata (Scopoli, 1763)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A brownish black moth with a central white cross band which is slightly wavy and continues across all wings. As can be seen in the photo there are also some white scales which appear in the basal area.
A double brooded moth it can be seen from May to early September.
This moth is larger than Pyrausta nigrata (Scopoli,1763) and can be separated by the white straight median band which in the case of the similar species is more wavy and angled.
The moth is a coastal species found on limestone grasslands and sand dunes and would not normally be found inland.
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.
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Salvia pratensis - Meadow Clary ( probable)
- Thymus polytrichus ssp britanicus - Wild Thyme
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species PYRAUSTA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Genus Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Forms: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Pyraustinae PYRAUSTA Schrank, 1802 Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) - PHALAENA (Geometra) cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Pyrausta rectefascialis Toll, 1936 - PYRAUSTA Schrank 1802-Genus = Haematia Hübner 1825 = Syllythria Hübner 1825 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.529 - n.200 - Europe - P.c.rectifascialis toll,1936 - white median line straight instead of sinuous. P.c.vittalis La Harpe - 1864 - white median line broader |