Glyphipterigidae : Acrolepiinae
Acrolepiopsis marcidella
ACROLEPIOPSIS marcidella (Curtis, 1850)
Acrolepiopsis marcidella
ACROLEPIOPSIS marcidella (Curtis, 1850)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 13 - 15mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - only - Great Britain,Bulgaria,Corsica,Croatia,France,Italy,Portugal,Sardinia,Spain & Switzerland
UK Distribution: Very local restricted to SE England coastal counties
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Deciduous Woodland : Hedges : Hedge Banks
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: An extremely rare moth that is restricted to the coastal counties of South east England,considered to be a future pRBD Red Data Book moth.
The moth is orangey brown with a white patch centrally positioned along the dorsum with varying degrees of black and white spots and a black dash between the costa and postmedian line position.
The termen is black edged and the cilia are somewhat sinuate.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - only - Great Britain,Bulgaria,Corsica,Croatia,France,Italy,Portugal,Sardinia,Spain & Switzerland
UK Distribution: Very local restricted to SE England coastal counties
UK Conservation Status -
- pRDB 3 – Provisional Red Data Book Species - Rare - 11 – 15 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Acrolepia marcidella (Curtis, 1850)
- Roeslerstammia assectella Zeller, 1839
- Not Specified
Habitat: Deciduous Woodland : Hedges : Hedge Banks
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: An extremely rare moth that is restricted to the coastal counties of South east England,considered to be a future pRBD Red Data Book moth.
The moth is orangey brown with a white patch centrally positioned along the dorsum with varying degrees of black and white spots and a black dash between the costa and postmedian line position.
The termen is black edged and the cilia are somewhat sinuate.
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.
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.
- Asparagaceae - Monocot Subfamily Nolinoideae
- Ruscus aculeatus - Butcher's Broom - Knee Holly
- Ruscus aculeatus - Butcher's Broom - Knee Holly
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Glyphipterigidae Acrolepiinae ACROLEPIOPSIS Gaedike 1970 Acrolepiopsis marcidella (Curtis, 1850) - Roeslerstammia assectella Zeller, 1839 - ACROLEPIA marcidella (Curtis, 1850) = Roeslerstammia fumociliella Mann, 1855 - The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Second Series 5: 110-121. 2nd ser.v.5 (1850) London (R. and JE Taylor) : Title Page : p.120 - n.51 3 - Not Specified |