Pterophoridae : Pterophorinae
Brindled Plume
AMBLYPTILIA punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811)
Brindled Plume
AMBLYPTILIA punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811)
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Brindled Plume
Wingspan: 18-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding Belgium,Croatia,Greece,Luxembourg,Portugal,Netherlands,Ukraine & some Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Local throughout much of Great Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : preference for damp,shady places
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: Although similar to A.acanthadactyla the ground colour are different with the similar species having a reddish hue where this moth is browner.This moth is speckled with white specks towards the basal area and a brown triangle on the costa just before the clefts, with a feint cross line across each lobe. There are white small markings along the costa which finish as a larger white patch at the apex. These marking can be clearly seen in photo 2 below.
The moth is attracted to flowers and comes to light.
Wingspan: 18-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding Belgium,Croatia,Greece,Luxembourg,Portugal,Netherlands,Ukraine & some Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Local throughout much of Great Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Alucita punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811)
- Alucita acanthadactyla Hübner, 1813
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : preference for damp,shady places
Similar Species -
- Beautiful Plume - Amblyptilia acanthadactyla - (Hübner, [1813])
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: Although similar to A.acanthadactyla the ground colour are different with the similar species having a reddish hue where this moth is browner.This moth is speckled with white specks towards the basal area and a brown triangle on the costa just before the clefts, with a feint cross line across each lobe. There are white small markings along the costa which finish as a larger white patch at the apex. These marking can be clearly seen in photo 2 below.
The moth is attracted to flowers and 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.
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Ononis spinosa - Spiny Rest Harrow
- Ononis repens - Common Rest Harrow
- Geraniaceae - Geranium - Cranebills Family
- Erodium cicutarium - Stork's Bill
- Geranium pratense - Meadow Crane's-bill
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Salvia glutinosa - Juniper's Distaff,Sticky Sage
- Stachys sylvatica - Hedge Woundwort
- Ranuncullaceae - Buttercup - Crowfoot Family
- Aquilegia vulgaris - Columbine
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pterophoroidea Pterophoridae Pterophorinae AMBLYPTILIA Hübner, 1825 Amblyptilia punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811) - Alucita acanthadactyla Hübner, 1813 - ALUCITA punctidactyla (Haworth, 1811) = Alucita cosmodactyla Hübner, [1819] = Alucita ulodactyla Zetterstedt, 1840 = Platyptilus stachydalis Frey 1870 - Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.479 - n.16 - Not Specified |