Noctuide : Acontiinae
Pale Shoulder
ACONTIA (Acontia) lucida (Hufnagel, 1766)
Pale Shoulder
ACONTIA (Acontia) lucida (Hufnagel, 1766)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Europe
Description
Wingspan: 30 - 32mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Belgium,Denmark,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,N & NW Russia & Sweden ) - eastwards to Iran and India
UK Distribution: Rare immigrant appearing in southern England
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Hot Dry Flowery Open Places
Similar Species -
Pupa: Overwinters as pupa
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A rare migrant from southern Europe ranging eastwards to Iran and India, appearing occasionally in southern England.Between 1994 and 2004 there have been six records, one at Dymchurch,Kent on 5 August 1994: West Bexington, Dorset on 5 August 1994 : St Agnes,Cornwall on 10 August 1995 : Ringwood,Hampshire on 19 August 1996 : Sherbourne St. John,Hampshire on 13 August 2004.
The vernacular name for this moth is derived from the white basal area (Pale Shoulder) of the forewing.
Visits flowers in sunshine and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Belgium,Denmark,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,N & NW Russia & Sweden ) - eastwards to Iran and India
UK Distribution: Rare immigrant appearing in southern England
UK Conservation Status -
- Rare Migrant
- Least Concern
- Phalaena lucida (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Noctua solaris Schiffermüller, 1775
- Germany - Berlin Region
Habitat: Hot Dry Flowery Open Places
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Overwinters as pupa
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A rare migrant from southern Europe ranging eastwards to Iran and India, appearing occasionally in southern England.Between 1994 and 2004 there have been six records, one at Dymchurch,Kent on 5 August 1994: West Bexington, Dorset on 5 August 1994 : St Agnes,Cornwall on 10 August 1995 : Ringwood,Hampshire on 19 August 1996 : Sherbourne St. John,Hampshire on 13 August 2004.
The vernacular name for this moth is derived from the white basal area (Pale Shoulder) of the forewing.
Visits flowers in sunshine 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.
- Convolvulaceae - Bindweed - Morning Glory Family
- Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Glechoma hederacea - Ground Ivy
- Nepeta cataria - Catmint- Catnip
- Malvaceaea - The Mallow Family
- Althaea officinalis - Marsh-mallow
- Malva neglecta - Dwarf-Mallow
- Malva pusilla - Small Mallow
- Malva sylvestris - Common Mallow
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Subgenus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - ACONTIA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acontiinae ACONTIA Ochsenheimer 1816 Acontia Ochsenheimer 1816 Acontia ( Acontia) lucida (Hufnagel, 1766) - Noctua solaris Schiffermüller, 1775 - PHALAENA lucida (Hufnagel, 1766) = Noctua solaris [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Noctua albicollis Fabricius, 1781 = Phalaena Noctua rupicola Borkhausen, 1792 = Noctua insolatrix Hübner, [1822] = Acontia triradiata Walker, [1858] = Tarache lucida - Berlin. Magazin. 3 (3) : Title Page : p. 308 - n.62 - Germany-Berlin Region |