Noctuidae : Eustrotiinae
Silver Barred
DELTOTE (Deltote) bankiana (Fabricius, 1775)
Silver Barred
DELTOTE (Deltote) bankiana (Fabricius, 1775)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 25 - 27mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is., Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,
Norway,Portugal,N Russia,Sardinai & Sicily)
UK Distribution: Local resident in Cambrigeshire fens and coastal marsh in south east Kent.Immigrant to south east and central England.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Fens : Marshes : Peat Bogs
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a silken cocoon close to the ground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: An unmistakeable moth with slanting parallel white cross lines which are diagnostic and also give this small brown moth its common name.
The moth is a rare Red Data Book Species is locally resident in the Cambridgeshire fens and coastal marsh in south east Kent near Sandwich and is a regular immigrant in the south east and central southern england.
Moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is., Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,
Norway,Portugal,N Russia,Sardinai & Sicily)
UK Distribution: Local resident in Cambrigeshire fens and coastal marsh in south east Kent.Immigrant to south east and central England.
UK Conservation Status -
- RedList - GB - Pre94 - (RDB 3 - Rare) < 15 x 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Pyralis bankiana (Fabricius, 1775)
- Phalaena argentula Hübner, 1787
- England
Habitat: Fens : Marshes : Peat Bogs
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in a silken cocoon close to the ground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: An unmistakeable moth with slanting parallel white cross lines which are diagnostic and also give this small brown moth its common name.
The moth is a rare Red Data Book Species is locally resident in the Cambridgeshire fens and coastal marsh in south east Kent near Sandwich and is a regular immigrant in the south east and central southern england.
Moth 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.
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Calamagrostis epigejos - Wood-small Reed
- Glyceria maxima - Great Manna Grass
- Molinia caerulea - Purple Moor Grass
- Poa annua - Annual Meadow Grass
- Poa pratensis - Smooth Meadow-grass - Common Meadow-grass
- Calamagrostis epigejos - Wood-small Reed
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Eustrotiinae DELTOTE Reichenbach 1817 Deltote Reichenbach Deltote (Deltote) bankiana (Fabricius, 1775) - Phalaena argentula Hübner, 1787 - PYRALIS bankiana (Fabricius, 1775) = Tortrix olivana [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Phalaena argentula Hübner, 1787 = Noctua olivea Hübner, [1803] = Eustrotia olivana [Schiffermüller], 1775 - Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs by Fabricius, Johann Christian, 1745-1808; Title Page : p.645 - n.1 - England |