Adelidae : Adelinae
Nemophora minimella
NEMOPHORA minimella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Nemophora minimella
NEMOPHORA minimella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Small Long-horn
Wingspan: 10-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Estonia,Finland,Luxembourg,Madeira, Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia,Switzerland,Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Widespread and very local over much of Great Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Chalk Downland : Woodland Clearings : Marshy Grassland
Similar Species -
Observations: The antennae of the male is a little less than twice the length of the forewing whilst in the female it is the length of the forewing.The forewings are metallic golden green in the basal two thirds with a short black basal streak.The outer part of the wing is golden reddish under certain light conditions.The post median band is black and fairly undefined.
The similar species N.cupriacella is larger than this moth and is without a basal streak and post median cross band.
Wingspan: 10-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Estonia,Finland,Luxembourg,Madeira, Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia,Switzerland,Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Widespread and very local over much of Great Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tinea) minimella ([Denis & Schiffermüller]' 1775)
- Phalaena degeerella Linnaeus, 1758
- Austria-near Vienna
Habitat: Chalk Downland : Woodland Clearings : Marshy Grassland
Similar Species -
- Nemophora fasciella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Nemophora cupriacella (Hübner, [1819])
Observations: The antennae of the male is a little less than twice the length of the forewing whilst in the female it is the length of the forewing.The forewings are metallic golden green in the basal two thirds with a short black basal streak.The outer part of the wing is golden reddish under certain light conditions.The post median band is black and fairly undefined.
The similar species N.cupriacella is larger than this moth and is without a basal streak and post median cross band.
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.
- Dipsacaceae - Teasel Family
- Scabiosa columbaria - Small Scabious - Pigeon's Scabious
- Succisa pratensis - Devil's Bit Scabious
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Adeloidea Adelidae Adelinae NEMOPHORA Hoffmannsegg, 1798 Nemophora minimella ([Denis & Schiffermüller]' 1775) - Phalaena degeerella Linnaeus, 1758 - PHALAENA (Tinea) minimella ([Denis & Schiffermüller]' 1775) - NEMOPHORA Hoffmannsegg 1798 = Nemotois Hübner 1825 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.319 - n 83 - Austria - near Vienna |