Adelidae : Adelinae
Cauchas fibulella
CAUCHAS fibulella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Cauchas fibulella
CAUCHAS fibulella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Little Long-horn
Wingspan: 8-11mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Madeira ,Malta, Portugal,Sardinia & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Common throughout much of Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Downland : Rough Ground
Similar Species -
Observations: The moth is the smallest of the Adelinae subfamily with dark golden green forewings which are slightly tinged purplish.Its has white dorsal spots and a slight markings in white in the basal area.The antennae is shorter than most of the longhorn moths being only slightly longer than the forewing.
Those seeking this moth should look on downland where vast sways of Germander Speedwell grow as the moth flies in sunshine adjacent to its host plant.
Wingspan: 8-11mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Madeira ,Malta, Portugal,Sardinia & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Common throughout much of Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tinea} fibulella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Tinea fibulella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Downland : Rough Ground
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: The moth is the smallest of the Adelinae subfamily with dark golden green forewings which are slightly tinged purplish.Its has white dorsal spots and a slight markings in white in the basal area.The antennae is shorter than most of the longhorn moths being only slightly longer than the forewing.
Those seeking this moth should look on downland where vast sways of Germander Speedwell grow as the moth flies in sunshine adjacent to its host plant.
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.
- Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family
- Veronica chamaedrys - Germander Speedwell - Bird's eye Speedwell
- Veronica officinalis - Common Speedwell
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species CAUCHAS: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Adeloidea Adelidae Adelinae CAUCHAS Zeller, 1839 Cauchas fibulella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - Tinea fibulella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - PHALAENA (Tinea} fibulella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) = Adela fibulella = Tinea exiguella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend :Title Page : p.143 - n.33 - Austria - near Vienna |