Adelidae : Adelinae
Nemophora fasciella
NEMOPHORA fasciella (Fabricius, 1775)
Nemophora fasciella
NEMOPHORA fasciella (Fabricius, 1775)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Horehound Long-horn
Wingspan: 13-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Channlel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Denmark,Finland,Ireland,Latvia,
Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia,Sweden& Switzerland)
UK Distribution: Scarce and very local in parts of southern and eastern England north to Lancashire
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Wasteland : Roadside verges : Downland : Embankments : Marshes
Similar Species -
Observations: This moth is unique among the Adelinae subfamily,having brightly bronzed forewings and purple median fascia. It is a nationally scarce moth only found very locally in the south or east of England up to Lancashire and also is a NERC.41 species of principle importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity for England according to the UK BAP priority plan.
Can be seen in sunshine flying over foodplant which is only Black Horehound, during the day.
Wingspan: 13-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Channlel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Denmark,Finland,Ireland,Latvia,
Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia,Sweden& Switzerland)
UK Distribution: Scarce and very local in parts of southern and eastern England north to Lancashire
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce A (Na - BAP : 1980-1993) = 16 - 30 10Km Squares
- BAP : 2007 - Priority Species
- NERC S.41 : 2008 (England) - Species "of principle importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity"
- Least Concern
- Alucita fasciella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Phalaena degeerella Linnaeus, 1758
- Not Specified
Habitat: Wasteland : Roadside verges : Downland : Embankments : Marshes
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: This moth is unique among the Adelinae subfamily,having brightly bronzed forewings and purple median fascia. It is a nationally scarce moth only found very locally in the south or east of England up to Lancashire and also is a NERC.41 species of principle importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity for England according to the UK BAP priority plan.
Can be seen in sunshine flying over foodplant which is only Black Horehound, during the day.
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.
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Ballota nigra - Black Horehound
- Ballota nigra - Black Horehound
Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species NEMOPHORA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Genus Group Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Spermatozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Adelaide Adelidae Adelinae NEMOPHORA Hoffmannsegg, 1798 Nemophora fasciella (Fabricius, 1775) - Phalaena degeerella Linnaeus, 1758 - ALUCITA fasciella (Fabricius, 1775) = Nemophora annae Zeller, 1853 = Nemotois fasciella - ALUCITA (Linnaeus, 1758) = Nemotois annae Zeller 1853 - Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. - Flensbvrgi, Lipsiae. in officina libraria Kort : Fabricius, Johann Christian 1775 : Title Page : p.670 - n.18 - Not specified |