Parametriotidae
Spuleria flavicaput
SPULERIA flavicaput (Haworth, 1828)
Spuleria flavicaput
SPULERIA flavicaput (Haworth, 1828)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Yellow-headed Cosmet
Wingspan: 12-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Bulgaria,Channel Isles, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg,Norway,Spain and most Mediterranean Islands : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: Local throughout most of the England,Wales into southern Scotland and some areas in Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open Woodland : Parkland
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth has glossy black wings with two sets of raised scale tufts. The head is yellow providing the latin name for the moth S.flaviput along with the palps which viewed from the front and on top are also yellow.On the sides of the wings there is a brown spot.
The moths are diurnal flying in the morning.
Moth can be attracted to light.
Wingspan: 12-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Bulgaria,Channel Isles, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg,Norway,Spain and most Mediterranean Islands : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: Local throughout most of the England,Wales into southern Scotland and some areas in Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Porrectaria flavicaput (Haworth, 1828)
- Tinea aurifrontella Hübner, 1832
- Not Specified
Habitat: Open Woodland : Parkland
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth has glossy black wings with two sets of raised scale tufts. The head is yellow providing the latin name for the moth S.flaviput along with the palps which viewed from the front and on top are also yellow.On the sides of the wings there is a brown spot.
The moths are diurnal flying in the morning.
Moth can be 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.
Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Crataegus laevigata - Midland Hawthorn
- Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Parametriotidae SPULERIA Hofmann, 1897 Spuleria flavicaput (Haworth, 1828) - Tinea aurifrontella Hübner, 1832 - PORRECTARIA flavicaput (Haworth, 1828) Chrysoclista flavicaput Tinea aurifrontella Geyer, [1832] Roeslertammia aurocapitella Bruand, [1851] Chrysoclysta flavicapitella Doubleday, 1859 - Lepidoptera Britannica (4): Title Page : p.536 - n.13 - Not Specified |