Erebidae : Hypeninae
The Snout
HYPENA (hypena) proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
The Snout
HYPENA (hypena) proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 25-38mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Siberia : Iran : Altai : Kamchatka : Kashmir : India : China : Korea : Japan : Taiwan
UK Distribution: Resident : Common throughout Britain,Isle of Man,Ireland and Channel Islands : Scotland-absent from Shetland isles and Outer Hebrides.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Most habitat types where larval food plant is available-Gardens : Woodland : Hedgerows : Common ground : River banks.
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in between leaves of food plant.The larva is green with clearly defined abdominal segments.Alterntively the larva can have a pair of yellowish lateral lines when viewed from the top of the larva.
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The Snout is an unmistakable moth with strong forewing cross-lines in brown and with upturned palps or snout which are sometimes missing.The small body and the curved costa towards the forewing apex are also features which make this moth easy to recognise.
Second generations of the Snout tend to be smaller and darker in colour.
The Snout tends to rest during the daytime but is easily disturbed from its larval food plant or other vegetation.
The moth is also easily attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Siberia : Iran : Altai : Kamchatka : Kashmir : India : China : Korea : Japan : Taiwan
UK Distribution: Resident : Common throughout Britain,Isle of Man,Ireland and Channel Islands : Scotland-absent from Shetland isles and Outer Hebrides.
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena proboscidalis (Linnaeus 1758)
- Phalaena proboscidalis (Linnaeus 1758)
- Europe
Habitat: Most habitat types where larval food plant is available-Gardens : Woodland : Hedgerows : Common ground : River banks.
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in between leaves of food plant.The larva is green with clearly defined abdominal segments.Alterntively the larva can have a pair of yellowish lateral lines when viewed from the top of the larva.
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The Snout is an unmistakable moth with strong forewing cross-lines in brown and with upturned palps or snout which are sometimes missing.The small body and the curved costa towards the forewing apex are also features which make this moth easy to recognise.
Second generations of the Snout tend to be smaller and darker in colour.
The Snout tends to rest during the daytime but is easily disturbed from its larval food plant or other vegetation.
The moth is also easily attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larva
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
The Snout larvae feed on plant families described below plant photos:-
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The Snout larvae feed on plant families described below plant photos:-
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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.
- Urticaeae - Nettle Family
- Giradinia diversifolia - Himalayan Nettle
- Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle - Common Nettle
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Cannabidaceae - Humulus - Hops
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - Stachys
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Subgenus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - HYPENA: Original Species: Species Names: Genus Group Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Erebidae Hypeninae HYPENA Schrank, 1802 hypena Schrank, 1802 Hypena (hypena) proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena proboscidalis (Linnaeus 1758) - PHALAENA (Pyralis) proboscidalis (Linnaeus 1758) = Phalaena ensalis Fabricius, 1794 = Crambus proboscidatus Haworth, 1809 = Hypena indicalis Guenée, 1854 = Hypena cervinalis Moore, 1867 = Hypena ochreipennis Moore, 1882 = Hypena proboscidalis flexilinea Warren, 1913. - = HYPENA Schrank 1802-Genus = Bomolocha Hübner 1825 Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.533 - n.228 - Europe |