Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Syndemis musculana
SYNDEMIS musculana (Hübner, [1799])
Subspecies
S. m. musculinana (Kennel, 1899) - Orkney,Shetland,Outer Hebrides
Syndemis musculana
SYNDEMIS musculana (Hübner, [1799])
Subspecies
S. m. musculinana (Kennel, 1899) - Orkney,Shetland,Outer Hebrides
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Dark-barred Tortrix
Wingspan: 15-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open Woodland : Hedgerows : Parkland : Moorland : Scrub : Gardens
Similar Species -
Pupa: Overwintering as a fully grown larva it pupates April - May
Overwinters as: Fully grown larva
Observations: The forewing is greyish white to greyish brown with sparse speckling in black which appears more around the basal area almost forming a patch.
The broad darker brown median fascia is characteristic for this moth as is a small dark brown costal patch just before the apex.
The subspecies .S. m. musculinana (Kennel, 1899) is found in Orkney,Shetland,Outer Hebrides.
Sometimes confused with C. diversana although this moth is nationally scarce and does not have the white on the forewing.
The moth is easily disturbed,flying late in the afternoon,and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 15-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix musculana Hübner, 1799
- Tortrix musculana Hübner, 1799
- Europe
Habitat: Open Woodland : Hedgerows : Parkland : Moorland : Scrub : Gardens
Similar Species -
- Choristoneura diversana (Hübner, [1817])
Pupa: Overwintering as a fully grown larva it pupates April - May
Overwinters as: Fully grown larva
Observations: The forewing is greyish white to greyish brown with sparse speckling in black which appears more around the basal area almost forming a patch.
The broad darker brown median fascia is characteristic for this moth as is a small dark brown costal patch just before the apex.
The subspecies .S. m. musculinana (Kennel, 1899) is found in Orkney,Shetland,Outer Hebrides.
Sometimes confused with C. diversana although this moth is nationally scarce and does not have the white on the forewing.
The moth is easily disturbed,flying late in the afternoon,and is attracted to light.
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Larva
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
- Solidago virgaurea - Goldenrod
- Solidago virgaurea - Goldenrod
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Betula pendula - Silver Birch
- Celastraceae - Staff Vine : Bittersweet Family
- Euonymus japonicus - Evergreen Spindle - Japanese Spindle
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Quercus petraea - Sessile Oak
- Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak - Common Oak
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Larix decidua - Larch
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Malus sylvestris - Crab Apple
- Prunus padus - Bird Cherry - Hackberry
- Rubus fruticosus - Bramble - Blackberry
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Salix viminalis - Osier
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Archipini SYNDEMIS Hübner 1825 Syndemis musculana (Hübner, [1799]) - Tortrix musculana Hübner, 1799 - TORTRIX musculana Hübner, 1799 - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 Plates v6-9 : Lepidoptera V11 : Tortricea 1V : pl. 16 - f. 98 - Europe - S. m. musculinana (Kennel, 1899) - Orkney,Shetland,Outer Hebrides S. m. nipponensis Yasuda, 1975 S. m. obsoletana Strand, 1901 |