Eribidae : Lymantriinae
Brown-tail
EUPROCTIS chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brown-tail
EUPROCTIS chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: Male 36-42mm : Female - 39-41mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Iran and N Africa
UK Distribution: England - usualy coastal species found from Hampshire to Suffolk & west to Cornwall & Scilly Isles.Increasing inland to N Hampshire and west along Thames Valley.Further north only small numbers recorded.Channel Isles - widespread and abundant.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Coastal scrub : Gardens : Parks : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
Yellow-tail Euproctis similis (Fuessly, 1775)
Ova: The ova are deposited in batches and are covered in fine hairs from the female's abdomen
Larva: The larvae live gregariously in a silken communal web produced on Hawthorn or suchlike where they can be seen sunning themselves on the outside of the web during hot sunny days. The 40mm final instar larva is covered in fine long hairs which if touched cause irritataion and a rash on exposed human skin. The larva viewed from the side is blackish brown with a white lateral line made up of white dashes at each abdominal segment.Viewed from above there are two red spots towards the rear of the larva.Larval webs are a common winter sight along the coast where they are usually found on Hawthorn.
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon formed amongst foliage
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The moth usually has silky pure white forewings but occasioanlly in the male there are a few black dots adjacent to the dorsum.The male abdomen is chocolate brown brown towards the tip but is white towards the base and the antennae is strongly feathered.The female has a dark brownish abdomen with a large bulbous dark brown tuft of hair at the tip which she uses to cover the deposited ova.
Like the Yellow-tail the female arches her abdomen into view when disturbed.
The Yellow-tail has similar white forewings but as there name suggests the tip of the abdomen is yellow rather than brown.
Although this moth is considered a coastal species it is extending its range further inland.
The moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Iran and N Africa
UK Distribution: England - usualy coastal species found from Hampshire to Suffolk & west to Cornwall & Scilly Isles.Increasing inland to N Hampshire and west along Thames Valley.Further north only small numbers recorded.Channel Isles - widespread and abundant.
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300-10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Bombyx) chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phalaena chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Europe - no location specified
Habitat: Coastal scrub : Gardens : Parks : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
Yellow-tail Euproctis similis (Fuessly, 1775)
Ova: The ova are deposited in batches and are covered in fine hairs from the female's abdomen
Larva: The larvae live gregariously in a silken communal web produced on Hawthorn or suchlike where they can be seen sunning themselves on the outside of the web during hot sunny days. The 40mm final instar larva is covered in fine long hairs which if touched cause irritataion and a rash on exposed human skin. The larva viewed from the side is blackish brown with a white lateral line made up of white dashes at each abdominal segment.Viewed from above there are two red spots towards the rear of the larva.Larval webs are a common winter sight along the coast where they are usually found on Hawthorn.
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon formed amongst foliage
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The moth usually has silky pure white forewings but occasioanlly in the male there are a few black dots adjacent to the dorsum.The male abdomen is chocolate brown brown towards the tip but is white towards the base and the antennae is strongly feathered.The female has a dark brownish abdomen with a large bulbous dark brown tuft of hair at the tip which she uses to cover the deposited ova.
Like the Yellow-tail the female arches her abdomen into view when disturbed.
The Yellow-tail has similar white forewings but as there name suggests the tip of the abdomen is yellow rather than brown.
Although this moth is considered a coastal species it is extending its range further inland.
The moth is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larva
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.
- Aceraceae - Maple Family
- Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore
- Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple - Silverleaf Maple
- Adoxaceae - Viburnum Family
- Viburnum nudum - Smooth Withe Rod
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Arctium lappa - Greater Burdock - Gobo
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Betula papyrifera - Paper Birch
- Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family
- Sambucus nigra - Elderberry
- Weigela florida - Oldfashioned weigela - Rose Weigela
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust - Yellow Locust
- Trifolium pratense - Red Clover
- Wisteria sinensis - Chinese Wisteria
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Castanea dentata - American Sweet Chestnut
- Fagus grandifolia - American Beech
- Quercus alba - White Oak
- Geraniaceae - Geranium - Pelagonium - Cranebill Family
- Geranium sanguineum - Bloody Cranesbill
- Grossulariaceae - Currant Family
- Ribes nigrum - Blackcurrant
- Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry
- Juglandaceae - Walnut Family
- Juglans nigra - Black Walnut
- Myricaceae - Wax-myrtle Family
- Myrica pensylvanica - Northern Bayberry
- Oleceae - Mesophytic Shrubs - Trees - Vines
- Fraxinus americana - White Ash
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Rheum rhaponticum - Rhubarb
- Rumex crispus - Curled Dock
- Rumex verticillatus - Swamp Dock
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Chaenomeles japonica - Dwarf Quince - Maule's Quince
- Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn
- Cydonia oblonga - Quince
- Fragaria chiloensis - Beach Strawberry
- Malus coronaria - Garland Crab - Sweet Crab Apple
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Prunus avium - Wild Cherry
- Prunus cerasus - Sour Cherry
- Prunus domestica - Bullace - Plum
- Prunus pennsylvanica - Pin Cherry
- Prunus persica - Peach
- Prunus serotina - Rum Cherry-Wild Cherry
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe (Britain)
- Pyrus communis - Wild Pear
- Rosa canina - Dog Rose
- Rosa carolina - Pasture Rose - Carolina Rose
- Rubus allegheniensis - Alleghany Blackberry
- Rubus fruticosus - Bramble - Blackberry
- Rubus idaeus - Raspberry - Framboise
- Sorbus americana - American Mountain Ash
- Sorbus aria - Whitebeam - Chess-apple
- Spiraea thunbergii - Thunberg Spirea - Thunberg's meadowsweet
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Salix babylonica - Weeping Willow
- Vitaceae - Grapevine - Virginia Creeper Family
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper
- Vitis vulpina - Frost Grape
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Elaegnaceae - Hippophae - Sea Buckthorn
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - Acacia
- Juglandaceae - Carya - Hickory
- Oleceae - Forsythia
- Plantaginaceae - Plantago - Dock - Sorrel
- Rosaceae - Fragaria - Strawberry etc
- Salicaceae - Populus - Poplars
- Tiliaceae - Tilia - Lime
- Elaegnaceae - Hippophae - Sea Buckthorn
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Erebidae Lymantriinae Nygmiini EUPROCTIS Hübner, 1819 Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) - PHALAENA (Bombyx) chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Bombyx) auriflua Esper, 1785 = Bombyx phaeorrhoeus Haworth, 1803 = Bombyx phaeorrhoea Donovan, 1813 = Nygmia phaeorrhoea = Arctornis chrysorrhoea - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.502 - n.28 - Europe - no location specified - E.c.f.punctella Strand, 1910 - additional black points on forewings E.c.f.puntigera Teich,1889 - male,even more abundant E.c.f.fuscabdominata Lempke, 1959 - abdomen dark brown to balckish brown at apex |