Glyphipterigidae : Glyphipteriginae
Cocksfoot Moth
GLYPHIPTERIX simpliciella (Stephens, 1834)
Cocksfoot Moth
GLYPHIPTERIX simpliciella (Stephens, 1834)
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Wingspan: 6-9mm
Worldwide Distribution: Western Palearctic Region
UK Distribution: Common throughout Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Type Locality -
Habitat: Grassland
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: There are three similar species to this moth,all are scarce and differ slightly. G. schoenicolella Boyd, 1858 - hindwing dorsal cilia white in basal half,G. forsterella - silver dot in black apial spot,G. equitella - additional silver spot in disc before apex.
The easiest way to find this moth is when they are visiting flowers to feed on pollen from either Buttercup or Daisies where they can be found in considerable large numbers as high as thirty.
The moth flies in sunshine and occasionally comes to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Western Palearctic Region
UK Distribution: Common throughout Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Heribeia simpliciella Stephens, 1834
Type Locality -
- Tinea bergstraesserella Fabricius, 1781
Habitat: Grassland
Similar Species -
- Glyphipterix schoenicolella Boyd, 1858
- Glyphipterix forsterella (Fabricius, 1781)
- Glyphipterix equitella (Scopoli, 1763)
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: There are three similar species to this moth,all are scarce and differ slightly. G. schoenicolella Boyd, 1858 - hindwing dorsal cilia white in basal half,G. forsterella - silver dot in black apial spot,G. equitella - additional silver spot in disc before apex.
The easiest way to find this moth is when they are visiting flowers to feed on pollen from either Buttercup or Daisies where they can be found in considerable large numbers as high as thirty.
The moth flies in sunshine and occasionally comes to light.
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.
- Poaceae : Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Dactylis glomerata - Cock's-foot - Orchard grass
- Festuca arundinacea - Tall Fescue
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Glyphipterigidae Glyphipteriginae GLYPHIPTERIX Hübner, 1825 Glyphipterix simpliciella (Stephens, 1834) - Tinea bergstraesserella Fabricius, 1781 - HERIBEIA simpliciella Stephens, 1834 = Heribeia cognatella Stephens,1834 = Oecophora conjunctella O. G. Costa, 1834 = Ornix colluripennella O. G. Costa, 1834 = Elachista aechmiella Duponcel, 1838 = Aechmia fischeriella Zeller, 1839 = Aechmia desiderella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1851 = Aechmia desideratella Duponchel, 1842 = Aechmia roesllerstammella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843 = Glyphipteryx nattani Gozmány, 1954 - Illustrations of British entomology; or, A synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions v.4 (2) Stephens, James Francis, 1792-1853 : p.263, - sp.4 - England |