Erebidae : Hypeninae
Beautiful Snout
HYPENA (Bomolocha) crassalis (Fabricius, 1787)
Beautiful Snout
HYPENA (Bomolocha) crassalis (Fabricius, 1787)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 25 - 30mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Bulgaria,Canary Isles,Channel Isles,Greece,S Russia,Sicily and most Mediterranean Islands : Armenia
UK Distribution: SW England,Hampshire,Berkshire,Surrey and Kent,W Midlands,Wales,S Cumbria - Fairly frequent : Ireland - Cos,Kerry,Cork,Mayo and Wicklow - recorded
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open Woodland : Moorland : Heathland
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in tough cocoon on stem or branch
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The large dark chocolate brown area in the male,covering most of the broad forewing is diagmostic for this moth. The female is similar although the brown area is lighter and terminal area is predominately whitish and grey in the male.There is a diffused apial streak in darker brown which almost reaches the brown area.The subterminal line is made up of a series of brownish dots whilst the terminal line is brownish dashes.
The moth flies from dusk,and is attracted to light and occasionally sugar.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Bulgaria,Canary Isles,Channel Isles,Greece,S Russia,Sicily and most Mediterranean Islands : Armenia
UK Distribution: SW England,Hampshire,Berkshire,Surrey and Kent,W Midlands,Wales,S Cumbria - Fairly frequent : Ireland - Cos,Kerry,Cork,Mayo and Wicklow - recorded
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena crassalis (Fabricius, 1787)
- Phalaena proboscidalis Linnaeus 1758
- Austria
Habitat: Open Woodland : Moorland : Heathland
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in tough cocoon on stem or branch
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The large dark chocolate brown area in the male,covering most of the broad forewing is diagmostic for this moth. The female is similar although the brown area is lighter and terminal area is predominately whitish and grey in the male.There is a diffused apial streak in darker brown which almost reaches the brown area.The subterminal line is made up of a series of brownish dots whilst the terminal line is brownish dashes.
The moth flies from dusk,and is attracted to light and occasionally sugar.
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.
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry
- Vaccinium uliginosum - Bog Bilberry
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Erebidae Hypeninae HYPENA Schrank, 1802 Bomolocha Hübner,[1825] Hypena (Bomolocha) crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) - PHALAENA proboscidalis Linnaeus 1758 - PHALAENA crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) = Noctua frontis Thunberg, 1788 = Noctua fontis Thunberg, 1792 = Pyralis achatalis Hübner, 1796 = Crambus crassatus Haworth, 1809 = Crambus achanatus Haworth, 1809 - Mantissa Insectorum 2 : Title Page : p.217 : n.273 - Austria |