Noctuidae : Eustrotiinae
Silver Hook
DELTOTE (Deltote) uncula (Clerck,1759)
Silver Hook
DELTOTE (Deltote) uncula (Clerck,1759)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 27-30mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding S Europe ( Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,
Malta,Portugal,N Russia,Sardinia,Sicily & Spain) : eastwards to N China,Korea & Japan
UK Distribution: Found locally in suitable habitat in southern England,Wales,East Anglia,eastern and northern England,south-west and western Scotland,Ireland and Isle of Man
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Boggy Heathland : Fens : Marshes : High Moorland
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a strong cocoon underground where it overwinters
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The common name for this moth is derived from the creamy white wide streak that runs parallel to the costa from which the oblique reniform stigma forms a hook-like projection into the nut brown forewing ground colour which varies on different specimens. The costal streak is greyish with edges marked with light pink tinge.
The moth flies by day and by night and is attracted to the light trap.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding S Europe ( Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,
Malta,Portugal,N Russia,Sardinia,Sicily & Spain) : eastwards to N China,Korea & Japan
UK Distribution: Found locally in suitable habitat in southern England,Wales,East Anglia,eastern and northern England,south-west and western Scotland,Ireland and Isle of Man
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena uncula (Clerck,1759)
- Phalaena argentula Hübner, 1787
- Europe
Habitat: Boggy Heathland : Fens : Marshes : High Moorland
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in a strong cocoon underground where it overwinters
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The common name for this moth is derived from the creamy white wide streak that runs parallel to the costa from which the oblique reniform stigma forms a hook-like projection into the nut brown forewing ground colour which varies on different specimens. The costal streak is greyish with edges marked with light pink tinge.
The moth flies by day and by night and is attracted to the light trap.
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.
- Cyperaceae - Sedge Family
- Carex nigra - Common Sedge
- Carex sylvatica - Wood Sedge
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted hair-grass - Tussock grass
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Eustrotiinae DELTOTE Reichenbach 1817 Deltote Reichenbach Deltote (Deltote) uncula (Clerck,1759) - Phalaena argentula Hübner, 1787 - PHALAENA uncula (Clerck,1759) = Phalaena Tortrix uncana Linnaeus, 1761 = Phalaena singularis Hufnagel, 1766 = Noctua unca [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Eustrotia uncula rufotincta Kolb, 1930 - Icones insectorum rariorum cum nomibus eorum trivialibus, locique e C. Linnæi. : Title Page : pl.3 - n.7 - Europe |