Gelechiidae : Anacampsinae
Hypatima rhomboidella
HYPATIMA rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hypatima rhomboidella
HYPATIMA rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Square-spot Crest
Wingspan: 15-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Luxembourg,Madeira,
Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia and Spain) : W & E Siberia : Taiwan
UK Distribution: Recorded throughout British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Heathland : Scrub
Similar Species -
Observations: Although similar to the common S.costella, this moth is both larger and is separated by thin black apical streak,missing on similar species.
The pale grey forewings are elongated and thin and pointed at the apex with a black triangular blotch located on the costa at about half way along the forewing.
The moth flies at night and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 15-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Luxembourg,Madeira,
Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia and Spain) : W & E Siberia : Taiwan
UK Distribution: Recorded throughout British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tinea) rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tinea conscriptella Hübner, 1805
- Europe
Habitat: Woodland : Heathland : Scrub
Similar Species -
- Scrobipalpa costella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
Observations: Although similar to the common S.costella, this moth is both larger and is separated by thin black apical streak,missing on similar species.
The pale grey forewings are elongated and thin and pointed at the apex with a black triangular blotch located on the costa at about half way along the forewing.
The moth flies at night 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.
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Alnus glutinosa - Alder
- Betula pendula - Silver Birch
- Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam
- Corylus avellana - Hazel
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Anacampsinae HYPATIMA Hübner 1825 Hypatima rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tinea conscriptella Hübner, 1805 - PHALAENA (Tinea) rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Tinea conscriptella Hübner, [1805 = Phalaena huebnerella Donovan, [1806 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.538 - n.267 - Europe |