Crambidae : Pyraustinae
Pyrausta nigrata
PYRAUSTA nigrata (Scopoli,1763)
Pyrausta nigrata
PYRAUSTA nigrata (Scopoli,1763)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Wavy-barred Sable
Wingspan: 14-17mm
Worldwide Distribution: Western Europe - less going eastwards
UK Distribution: Southern England and Lake District
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Chalk grassland : Limestone grassland
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A brownish black moth with a central white cross band which is slightly wavy and continues across all wings. As can be seen in the photo there are also some white spots which appear in the basal area.
This moth is smaller than Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) and can be separated by the white wavy median band which in the case of the similar species is straighter and less angled, and with the addition of white spots in the basal area.
The moth has two broods occurring between mid April and October.
Flies in sunshine and it attracted to light.
Wingspan: 14-17mm
Worldwide Distribution: Western Europe - less going eastwards
UK Distribution: Southern England and Lake District
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena nigrata (Scopoli, 1763)
- Phalaena cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- In districto Idriensi, non frequens (in district of Idriensi,not frequent)
Habitat: Chalk grassland : Limestone grassland
Similar Species -
- Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A brownish black moth with a central white cross band which is slightly wavy and continues across all wings. As can be seen in the photo there are also some white spots which appear in the basal area.
This moth is smaller than Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) and can be separated by the white wavy median band which in the case of the similar species is straighter and less angled, and with the addition of white spots in the basal area.
The moth has two broods occurring between mid April and October.
Flies in sunshine and it attracted 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.
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Mentha arvensis - Corn Mint/Wild Mint
- Origanum vulgare - Oregano - Wild Marjoram - Sweet marjoram
- Thymus polytrichus ssp britanicus - Wild Thyme
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Pyraustinae PYRAUSTA Schrank, 1802 Pyrausta nigrata (Scopoli, 1763) - Phalaena cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758) - PHALAENA nigrata (Scopoli, 1763) = Pyrausta nigratus (Scopoli, 1763) - PYRAUSTA Schrank 1802-Genus = Haematia Hübner 1825 = Syllythria Hübner 1825 - Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnæana. - pp. [1-35], 1-420, [1]. Vindobonae. (Trattner) : Title Page : p.231 - n.580 - In districto Idriensi, non frequens |