Gelechiidae : Dichomeridinae
Juniper Webber
DICHOMERIS marginella (Fabricius, 1781)
Juniper Webber
DICHOMERIS marginella (Fabricius, 1781)
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Wingspan: 15 - 17mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Finland,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,
Sardinia,Sicily & Slovenia) : Altai : Caucasus : Transcaucasia : North America - Pennsylvania, New York, British Columbia, Oregon, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Michigan - South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri
UK Distribution: Central,eastern and southern England - local to locally common : Wales,few parts northern England,Channel Isles - very local : Scotland,south west England - absent : Ireland,Burren in west - recorded once
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Chalk and Limestone Grassland : Gardens
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A very unmistakeable and distinctive micro moth it has a ruddy brown forewing with costal white stripe nearly to the apex of the wng and dorsum white stripe that finishes at the termen.
The moth has a white head with two vertical appendages just before the antenae which are usually placed flat over the forewings.
At first sight this moth could be mistaken for one of the crambid grass moths.
Can be disturbed frm host plant during the day and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Finland,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,
Sardinia,Sicily & Slovenia) : Altai : Caucasus : Transcaucasia : North America - Pennsylvania, New York, British Columbia, Oregon, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Michigan - South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri
UK Distribution: Central,eastern and southern England - local to locally common : Wales,few parts northern England,Channel Isles - very local : Scotland,south west England - absent : Ireland,Burren in west - recorded once
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Alucita marginella (Fabricius, 1781)
- Dichomeris ligulella Hübner, 1818
- England
Habitat: Chalk and Limestone Grassland : Gardens
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A very unmistakeable and distinctive micro moth it has a ruddy brown forewing with costal white stripe nearly to the apex of the wng and dorsum white stripe that finishes at the termen.
The moth has a white head with two vertical appendages just before the antenae which are usually placed flat over the forewings.
At first sight this moth could be mistaken for one of the crambid grass moths.
Can be disturbed frm host plant during the 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.
- Cupressaceae - Cypress Family
- Juniperus chinensis - Chinese Juniper, Sargent juniper
- Juniperus communis - Juniper
- Juniperus horizontalis - Creeping Juniper, Horizontal Juniper
- Juniperus recurva - Himalayan Juniper
- Juniperus scopulorum - Rocky Mountain Juniper
- Juniperus virginiana - Pencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Dichomeridinae DICHOMERIS Hübner 1818 Dichomeris marginella (Fabricius, 1781) - Dichomeris ligulella Hübner, 1818 - ALUCITA marginella (Fabricius, 1781) = Tinea fimbriella Thunberg 1788 = Tinea striatella Hübner, 1796 = Palpula clarella Treitschke, 1833 - Ioh. Christ. Fabricii histor. nat. oecon. et cameral. prof. Kiloniens ... Species insectorum : exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin : adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus .. by Fabricius, Johann Christian, 1745-1808 : Title Page : p.307 - n.8 - England |