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Nolidae : Chloephorinae

Oak Nycteoline

NYCTEOLA revayana (Scopoli, 1772)
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Description
Wingspan: 20 -25mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to India
UK Distribution: Southern England from South-west to East Anglia - quite well distributed : Wales,Midlands,eastern and northern England,mainland Scotland,Isle of Man and Ireland - local : Channel Isles - widespread but occasional
UK Conservation Status -
  • Local = 101 - 300  10km squares
European Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena revayana (Scopoli, 1772)
Type Species - Nycteola
  • Tortrix undulana Hübner, 1799
Type Locality -
  • circa Schemnitz
Flight Period: South - Bivoltine - from mid June : Elsewhere - Univoltine - August to May
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Parkland
Similar Species -
  • Acleris cristana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  • Acleris hastiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Larva: May - July & September
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon formed under leaf
Overwinters as: Imago
Observations: The moth is extremely variable both in pattern and in colour, which ranges from grey,black and brown, as well as being rather small which can confuse it with moths of the Tortricidae family,especially the two similar moths listed above.
Identifying this moth can sometimes be difficult except my means of genitalia examination.
The brown form of this moth has a wavy black antemedian line and a black lined shoulder,whereas the lighter farm of this moth shown below has a series of black spots at the antemedial fascia and distinct orbicular spots.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Type Locality:
Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Nolidae
Chloephorinae
Sarrothripini
NYCTEOLA Hübner, 1822
Nycteola revayana (Scopoli, 1772)
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Tortrix undulana Hübner, 1799
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PHALAENA revayana (Scopoli, 1772)
= Pyralis duplana Fabricius, 1777
= Pyralis ilicana Fabricius, 1781
= Phalaena lathamiana Swederus, 1787
= Phalaena afzeliana Swederus, 1787
= Pyralis riuagana Fabricius, 1787
= Tortrix punctana Hübner, [1799]
= Tortrix undulana Hübner, [1799]
= Tortrix ramosana Hübner, [1799]
= Phalaena bifasciana Donovan, 1801
= Sarrothripus stonius Curtis, 1829
= Sarrothripa russiana Duponchel, [1845]
= Subrita bilineatella Walker, 1866
= Sarrothripa fusculana Schmid
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Annvs V. Historico-naturalis. I. Emendationes et additamenta ad Ann. I. II. III. IV. II. Tentamen mineralogicum I. De minera argenti alba. III. Tentamen mineralogicum II. De sulphure. IV. Tentamen mineralogicum III. De pseudogalena, auripigmento, aliisque. V. Observationes zoologicae. - pp. 1-128. Lipsiæ : Title Page :  p.116  - n.130
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circa Schemnitz