Gelechiidae : Dichomeridinae
Brachmia blandella
BRACHMIA blandella (Fabricius, 1798)
Brachmia blandella
BRACHMIA blandella (Fabricius, 1798)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Gorse Crest
Wingspan: 9-12mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Ireland,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Southern,Central and eastern England,eastern wales and Channel Isles - widespread and common : rest of Wales and southern parts of northern England - local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Grassland : Parkland : Scrub : Gardens : Woodland
Similar Species -
Observations: The forewings are yellowish brown with darker brown shading. The tornus is not straight but undulating or sinuate.There is a darker brown cross band from the costa to the tornus,returning back to the apex forming a "X" shaped cross band.There are a series of black spots dorsally some close to the dorsum and others position centrally in the wing.A pale line underline the cilia.
Moth can be disturbed from vegetation during the day and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 9-12mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Ireland,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Southern,Central and eastern England,eastern wales and Channel Isles - widespread and common : rest of Wales and southern parts of northern England - local
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinia blandella (Fabricius, 1798)
- Tinia dimidiella Schiffermüller, 1775
- Germany - Kiel
Habitat: Grassland : Parkland : Scrub : Gardens : Woodland
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: The forewings are yellowish brown with darker brown shading. The tornus is not straight but undulating or sinuate.There is a darker brown cross band from the costa to the tornus,returning back to the apex forming a "X" shaped cross band.There are a series of black spots dorsally some close to the dorsum and others position centrally in the wing.A pale line underline the cilia.
Moth can be disturbed from vegetation 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.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Cirsium palustre - Marsh Thistle - reared on seedheads
- Cirsium palustre - Marsh Thistle - reared on seedheads
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Ulex europaeus - Gorse - Furze - Whin
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Abies grandis - Grand Fir - reared from insect gall
- Abies grandis - Grand Fir - reared from insect gall
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Dichomeridinae BRACHMIA Hübner 1825 Brachmia blandella (Fabricius, 1798) - Tinea dimidiella Schiffermüller, 1775 - TINIA blandella (Fabricius, 1798) = Gelechia gerronella (Zeller, 1839) - Fabricius, J. C. (1798): Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. I-IV, 1-572 : Title Page : p.499 - n.103 - blandella - Germany - Kiel |