Cosmopterigidae : Cosmopteriginae
Limnaecia phragmitella
LIMNAECIA phragmitella Stainton, 1851
Limnaecia phragmitella
LIMNAECIA phragmitella Stainton, 1851
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Bulrush Cosmet
Wingspan: 16-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Slovenia) : Asia : Australia : New Zealand : North America
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles although local in the north
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Lake & River margins : Ditches : Freshwater Ponds
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A pale brown moth with a series of darker brown elongated spots edged in white occur as three at the antemedial line and two at the postmedial line. An indistinct darker brown line intersects these spots laterally, ending at the apex. The terminal line is formed with a series of dark brown dashes. Cilia are quite long and same background colour as forewing.
The moth is attracted to light sometimes appearing in good numbers at the moth trap.
Wingspan: 16-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Slovenia) : Asia : Australia : New Zealand : North America
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles although local in the north
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851
- Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851
- England
Habitat: Lake & River margins : Ditches : Freshwater Ponds
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A pale brown moth with a series of darker brown elongated spots edged in white occur as three at the antemedial line and two at the postmedial line. An indistinct darker brown line intersects these spots laterally, ending at the apex. The terminal line is formed with a series of dark brown dashes. Cilia are quite long and same background colour as forewing.
The moth is attracted to light sometimes appearing in good numbers at the moth 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.
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.
- Typhaceae - Reedmace Family
- Typha angustifolia - Small Reed Mace - Narrowleaf Cattail
- Typha latifolia - Reedmace - Bulrush
- Typha orientalis - Broadleaf Cumbungi
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Cosmopterigidae Cosmopteriginae LIMNAECIA Stainton 1851 Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851 - Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851 - LIMNAECIA phragmitella Stainton, 1851 - Stainton, 1849. The natural history of the Tineina v.11 : Title Page : p.150 - 151 - Laverna Phragmitella : Laverna pl.1V - England |