Argyresthiidae
Argyresthia (Argyresthia) abdominalis
ARGYRESTHIA (Argyresthia) abdominalis Zeller, 1839
Argyresthia (Argyresthia) abdominalis
ARGYRESTHIA (Argyresthia) abdominalis Zeller, 1839
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Downland Argent
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Lithuania,
Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia,Spain & Ukraine) : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: Mainly recorded on Chilterns and downs of southern England,but rarer in north
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Chalk Downland in south : open Woodland in north
Similar Species -
Observations: The moth is proposed as a future vulnerable red data book species being restricted to the Chilterns and downs of southern England where its host plant grows and open woodland in the north.
The forewings are white with orange coloured bars, a white head and thorax and a line of black dorsal dashes leading towards the apex.
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Lithuania,
Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia,Spain & Ukraine) : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: Mainly recorded on Chilterns and downs of southern England,but rarer in north
UK Conservation Status -
- Proposed as possible RDB2 - 1980/93 - Vulnerable = 6 - 10 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Argyresthia abdominalis Zeller, 1839
- Phalaena goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Not Listed
Habitat: Chalk Downland in south : open Woodland in north
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: The moth is proposed as a future vulnerable red data book species being restricted to the Chilterns and downs of southern England where its host plant grows and open woodland in the north.
The forewings are white with orange coloured bars, a white head and thorax and a line of black dorsal dashes leading towards the apex.
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.
- Cupressaceae - Cypress Family
- Juniperus communis - Juniper
- Juniperus communis - Juniper
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Genus: Subgenus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species ARGYRESTHIA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Argyresthiidae ARGYRESTHIA (Hübner,[1825]) Argyresthia (Hübner,[1825]) Argyresthia (Argyresthia) abdominalis Zeller, 1839 - Phalaena goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758) - ARGYRESTHIA abdominalis Zeller, 1839 = Argyresthia helvetica Heinemann, 1870 - Isis von Oken by Oken, Lorenz, 1779-1851 Volume v.32 1839 : Title Page : p.205 - n.9 - Not Listed |