Argyresthiidae
Argyresthia (Argyresthia) bonnetella
ARGYRESTHIA (Argyresthia) bonnetella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Argyresthia (Argyresthia) bonnetella
ARGYRESTHIA (Argyresthia) bonnetella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Hawthorn Argent
Wingspan: 9-11mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia
,Sicily & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Common throughout British Isles where host plants grow
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Foodplant dependent
Similar Species -
Observations: Forewing is mixed creamy brown to golden brown with white dorsal streak and postmedian band in dark brown from dorsum to costa angled at about 30º, as opposed to the similar species where this band is angled at about 45º.The creamy brown extends from another brown lateral band which starts at the base and finishes at one third to the postmedian band. Another dark brown lateral band starts at postmedian band and finishes at apex.Cilia appear light brown with dark brown terminal line.
Moth flies by day and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 9-11mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia
,Sicily & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Common throughout British Isles where host plants grow
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena bonnetella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phalaena goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Europe
Habitat: Foodplant dependent
Similar Species -
- Cherry Fruit Moth - Argyresthia pruniella - (Clerck, 1759)
Observations: Forewing is mixed creamy brown to golden brown with white dorsal streak and postmedian band in dark brown from dorsum to costa angled at about 30º, as opposed to the similar species where this band is angled at about 45º.The creamy brown extends from another brown lateral band which starts at the base and finishes at one third to the postmedian band. Another dark brown lateral band starts at postmedian band and finishes at apex.Cilia appear light brown with dark brown terminal line.
Moth flies by day 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.
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Crataegus laevigata - Midland Hawthorn
- Crataegus macrocarpa - No Common Name
- Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn
- Malus sylvestris - Crab Apple
- Prunus cerasus - Sour Cherry
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Argyresthiidae ARGYRESTHIA (Hübner,[1825]) Argyresthia (Hübner,[1825]) Argyresthia (Argyresthia) bonnetella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758) - PHALAENA bonnetella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena tetrapodella Linnaeus, 1767 = Tinea nitidella Fabricius, 1787 = Erminea ossea Haworth, 1828 = Argyresthia purpurascentella Stainton, 1849 = Argyresthia curvella auct nec. Linnaeus, 1761 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.541 - n.295 - Europe |