Glyphipterigidae : Acrolepiinae
Acrolepia autumnitella
ACROLEPIA autumnitella Curtis, 1838
Acrolepia autumnitella
ACROLEPIA autumnitella Curtis, 1838
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Bittersweet Smudge
Wingspan: 11 - 13mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,
Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia & Spain)
UK Distribution: southern England and Wales,north to Lancashire - fairly common
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Wherever the host plants occur
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: The forewings are mottled between light coppery and dark brown ,white and have a dark brown semi oval mark half way along costa,a long undulating line from there almost to apex with white triangulated shape in centre along the dorsum. The antennae are black with white rings.
Flies freely on warm nights and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 11 - 13mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,
Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia & Spain)
UK Distribution: southern England and Wales,north to Lancashire - fairly common
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Acrolepia autumnitella Curtis, 1838
- Acrolepia autumnitella Curtis, 1838
- England - Castle Eden Dene
Habitat: Wherever the host plants occur
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: The forewings are mottled between light coppery and dark brown ,white and have a dark brown semi oval mark half way along costa,a long undulating line from there almost to apex with white triangulated shape in centre along the dorsum. The antennae are black with white rings.
Flies freely on warm nights and is 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.
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.
- Solanaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Atropa belladonna - Deadly Nightshade - Mines leaves
- Solanum dulcamara - Bittersweet Nightshade - Mines leaves
- Atropa belladonna - Deadly Nightshade - Mines leaves
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Glyphipterigidae Acrolepiinae ACROLEPIA Curtis, 1838 Acrolepia autumnitella Curtis, 1838 - Acrolepia autumnitella Curtis, 1838 - ACROLEPIA autumnitella Curtis, 1838 = Tortrix pygmaeana Haworth, 1811. = Haemilis lefebvriella Duponchel, 1838 = Roeslerstammia heleniella Zeller, 1839 = Tinea submontana Osthelder 1951 - John Curtis - British entomology being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found v. 6 : Title Page : p. 679 - n.1 - England - Castle Eden Dene |