Erebidae : Hypeninae
Buttoned Snout
HYPENA (Hypena) rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Buttoned Snout
HYPENA (Hypena) rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 29 - 32mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Ireland,Madeira,Malta & N Russia) : Siberia : Levant : Iran: Altai : Pakistan : N.India
UK Distribution: Fairly common in south east England
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Hedgerows : Fences : Footpaths : Industrial areas : Chalk Grassland
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon spun up under host plant leaves
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: With individual that are well marked there is a diagnostic button hole mark in centre of forewing which gives the moth its common name with the basal half of the forewing being much darker than the rest.
The Bloxworth Snout although being similar to Buttoned Snout has a more pointed and broader forewing with a white patch located along the costa adjacent to the median fascia extending towards the apex.
Nationally Scare species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan the moth used to be widely recorded southwards below a line between South Wales and Lincolnshire but had declined since the 1940's although recent surveys for larva have shown it to be well distributed and locally frequent in parts of its range.
Moth is attracted to light,sugar and Ivy flowers.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Ireland,Madeira,Malta & N Russia) : Siberia : Levant : Iran: Altai : Pakistan : N.India
UK Distribution: Fairly common in south east England
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Pyralis) rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phalaena proboscidalis (Linnaeus 1758)
- Europe
Habitat: Hedgerows : Fences : Footpaths : Industrial areas : Chalk Grassland
Similar Species -
- Bloxworth Snout - Hypena obsitalis - (Hübner, [1813])
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon spun up under host plant leaves
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: With individual that are well marked there is a diagnostic button hole mark in centre of forewing which gives the moth its common name with the basal half of the forewing being much darker than the rest.
The Bloxworth Snout although being similar to Buttoned Snout has a more pointed and broader forewing with a white patch located along the costa adjacent to the median fascia extending towards the apex.
Nationally Scare species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan the moth used to be widely recorded southwards below a line between South Wales and Lincolnshire but had declined since the 1940's although recent surveys for larva have shown it to be well distributed and locally frequent in parts of its range.
Moth is attracted to light,sugar and Ivy flowers.
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.
- Cannabidaceae - Hemp/Hop Family
- Humulus lupulus - Hop
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Glycine max - Soya Bean
- Urticaeae - Nettle Family
- Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle - Common Nettle
- Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle - Common Nettle
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Erebidae Hypeninae HYPENA Schrank, 1802 hypena Schrank, 1802 Hypena (hypena) rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena proboscidalis (Linnaeus 1758) - PHALAENA (Pyralis) rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Pyralis radiatalis Hübner, 1796 = Crambus rostratus Haworth, 1809 = Crambus vittatus Haworth, 1809 - = HYPENA Schrank 1802-Genus = Bomolocha Hübner 1825 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.533 - n.229 - Europe |