Sessidae : Sessinae
Fiery Clearwing
PYROPTERON chrysidiformis (Esper, 1782)
Fiery Clearwing
PYROPTERON chrysidiformis (Esper, 1782)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 18-26mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe, in the following countries -
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Shingle on top of beach : Undercliffs
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva - overwinters once or possibly twice
Observations: An exceptionally rare moth only found on two sites in Kent, this moth is fully protected under The UK Wildlife & Countryside Act and is a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.This means it is illegal to disturb this moth at all ,including searching by means of a pheromone. See here http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/_speciespages/139.pdf
The orange red scales on the forewing give this moth its common name and is diagnostic.The moth has two narrow white bands on the abdomen with the female and three with the male.The tail and legs are also covered in orange red tufts and hairs making this moth unmistakable and truly beautiful.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe, in the following countries -
- P. c. chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783) - Andorra,Austria,Great Britain,Corsica, Balearic Isles,Croatia,France,Germany,Italy mainland,Portugal Romania,Sardinia,San Marino,Slovenia,Spain,Switzerland.
- P. c. sicula Le Cerf 1922 - Italian Mainland,Sicily - Incl. adjacent Italian islands (Lipari Is., Ustica I., Egadi Is., Pantelleria I., Pelagie Is.)
UK Conservation Status -
- RedList - GB - Pre94 - (RDB 1 - Endangered) < 5 x 10km squares
- BAP : 2007 - Priority Species
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- NERC S.41 : 2008 (England) - Species "of principle importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity"
- Fully protected in Great Britain under Wildlife and countryside Act - see link in "Observations"
- Least Concern
- Sphinx chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783)
- Sphinx chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783)
- S.France, Languedoc
Habitat: Shingle on top of beach : Undercliffs
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva - overwinters once or possibly twice
Observations: An exceptionally rare moth only found on two sites in Kent, this moth is fully protected under The UK Wildlife & Countryside Act and is a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.This means it is illegal to disturb this moth at all ,including searching by means of a pheromone. See here http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/_speciespages/139.pdf
The orange red scales on the forewing give this moth its common name and is diagnostic.The moth has two narrow white bands on the abdomen with the female and three with the male.The tail and legs are also covered in orange red tufts and hairs making this moth unmistakable and truly beautiful.
Subspecies
- P.c.chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783) - Andorra,Austria,Great Britain,Corsica, Balearic Isles,Croatia,France,Germany,Italy mainland,Portugal Romania,Sardinia,San Marino,Slovenia,Spain,Switzerland.
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.
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel
- Rumex acetosella - Sheeps Sorrel - Red Sorrel
- Rumex conglomeratus - Sharp Dock, Clustered dock
- Rumex crispus - Curled Dock
- Rumex hydrolapathum - Great Water Dock
- Rumex obtusifolius - Bitter Dock
- Rumex pulcher - Fiddle Dock
- Rumex scutatus - Buckler-leaved Sorrel
- Rumex thyrsiflorus - Compact Dock
Larval Food Plant
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Cossoidea Sesiidae Sesiinae PRYOPTERON (Synansphecia) Newman, 1832 Pyropteron chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783) - Sphinx chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783) - SPHINX chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783) = Pyropteron chrysidiforme (Esper, 1782) = Sphinx haemorrhoidalis Cyrillus, 1787 = Sesia crabroniformis Fabricius, 1793 = Sesia polistiformis Boisduval, 1840 = Sesia chalcocnemis Staudinger, 1856 = Sesia depuiseti Sand, 1879 = Sesia lecerfi Oberthür, 1909 = Sesia rondoui Siepi, 1909 = Pyropteron anthracias Le Cerf 1922 = Pyropteron castiliana Le Cerf 1922 = Sesia cerceriformis Frivaldsky b. Heydenreich, 1851 = Sesia chalcocnemis Staudinger, 1856 = Pyropteron chlorotica Le Cerf 1922 = Pyropteron fervens Bytinski-Salz 1937 = Pyropteron gallica Bartel 1902 = Sphinx haemorrhoidalis Cyrillo, 1787 = Pyropteron infusca Le Cerf 1909 = Pyropteron joannisi Le Cerf 1909 = Chamaesphecia lecerfi Schawerda, 1938 = Pyropteron margaritosa Le Cerf 1922 = Pyropteron melanoxantha Le Cerf 1922 = Sesia nigripes Le Cerf, 1909 = Sesia polistiformis Boisduval, 1840 = Chamaesphecia obturata Le Cerf, 1909 = Pyropteron sicula Le Cerf 1922 = Pyropteron turanica Erschoff 1874 - PYROPTERON Newman , 1832 = Synansphecia Câpuse 1973 = Bembecia auct. = Chamaesphecia auct. - Spinx chrysidiformis chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783) - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil II (7): Title Page : Page 210 : pl. 30, figure 2. - S.France, Languedoc - P.c.sicula Le Cerf 1922 - Italy & Sicily P.c.chrysidiformis (Esper, 1783) - Andorra,Austria,Great Britain,Corsica, Balearic Isles,Croatia,France,Germany,Italy mainland,Portugal Romania,Sardinia,San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland. |