Crambidae : Pyraustinae
Uresiphita gilvata
URESIPHITA gilvata (Fabricius, 1794)
Uresiphita gilvata
URESIPHITA gilvata (Fabricius, 1794)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Wingspan: 29-37mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Slovenia & Sweden : Mediterranean to India,Australia,Africa and Madagascar
UK Distribution: Rare immigrant to south & south-west England near coast
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Europe - Mediterranean biotypes and other terrain
Similar Species -
Observations: This moth is an immigrant from the southern Mediterranean region and is a rare visitor to Southern and south western England occurring once or twice every five years although exceptional years can produce higher numbers.
The moth forewing varies from greyish to light brown with occasional whitish bands either side of the median area. The hindwing is pale yellow with a black margin. Cross lines vary from feint to clearly marked with the postmedian cross line undulating across the forewing and the antemedian line being almost straight.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Slovenia & Sweden : Mediterranean to India,Australia,Africa and Madagascar
UK Distribution: Rare immigrant to south & south-west England near coast
UK Conservation Status -
- Migrant
- Least Concern
- Phalaena gilvata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Pyralis limbalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775 sensu Hübner,[1825]
- Not Specified
Habitat: Europe - Mediterranean biotypes and other terrain
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: This moth is an immigrant from the southern Mediterranean region and is a rare visitor to Southern and south western England occurring once or twice every five years although exceptional years can produce higher numbers.
The moth forewing varies from greyish to light brown with occasional whitish bands either side of the median area. The hindwing is pale yellow with a black margin. Cross lines vary from feint to clearly marked with the postmedian cross line undulating across the forewing and the antemedian line being almost straight.
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
- Fabaceae - Pulse - Bean - Pea Family
- Sophora alopecuroides - Sophora Root
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Celastraceae - Putterlickia - Pyracantha
- Fabaceae - Cytisus - Laburnum/Genista - Broom/ Ulex - Gorse/Lupinus - Lupin/Spartium - Spanish broom/Bolusanthus
- Meliaceae - Cedrela - Spanish Cedar
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Sophora alopecuroides - Sophora Root
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Pyraustinae URESIPHITA Hübner, [1825] Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794) - Pyralis limbalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775 sensu Hübner,[1825] - PHALAENA gilvata (Fabricius, 1794) = Pyralis orientalis Fabricius = Pyralis polygonalis Hübner 1796 = Pyralis limbalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) = Pyralis rusticalis Hübner 1796 = Pyralis diversalis Hübner 1796 = Mecyna gilvata - Entomologia Systematica emendata Et Aucta: Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Aadjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus; 3.2: : Title Page : p.208 - n.296 - Not Specified |