Pterophoridae : Pterophorinae
Sundew Plume
BUCKLERIA paludum (Zeller, 1839)
Sundew Plume
BUCKLERIA paludum (Zeller, 1839)
Kind permission - © Paul Brock
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 11-13mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is,Channel is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,
Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Romania,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia and Ukraine) : eastwards through Palearctic Region including India
UK Distribution: Where host plant exists in parts of England and Wales but most common in southern England
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Boggy Heathland
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A nationally scarce species under the UK Bioderversity Action Plan it is restricted to the heathland bogs found in places like the new forest in Hampshire in between June and August, when two broods are produced.
The forewing is brown with the cleft occurring at one half wing length, marked with two traverse white cross lines across the lobes.
The moth flies low in warm, still afternoon conditions and is easily disturbed from vegetation,flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is,Channel is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,
Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Romania,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia and Ukraine) : eastwards through Palearctic Region including India
UK Distribution: Where host plant exists in parts of England and Wales but most common in southern England
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Not SE Europe
- Pterophorus paludum Zeller, 1841
- Pterophorus paludum Zeller, 1841
- Not Specified
Habitat: Boggy Heathland
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A nationally scarce species under the UK Bioderversity Action Plan it is restricted to the heathland bogs found in places like the new forest in Hampshire in between June and August, when two broods are produced.
The forewing is brown with the cleft occurring at one half wing length, marked with two traverse white cross lines across the lobes.
The moth flies low in warm, still afternoon conditions and is easily disturbed from vegetation,flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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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.
- Droseraceae - Sundew Family
- Drosera burmannii - Burmese Sundew
- Drosera rotundifolia - Sundew, Roundleaf sundew
- Drosera burmannii - Burmese Sundew
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pterophoroidea Pterophoridae Pterophorinae BUCKLERIA Tutt 1905 Buckleria paludum (Zeller, 1839) - Pterophorus paludum Zeller, 1841 - PTEROPHORUS paludum (Zeller, 1839) = Trichoptilus paludicola Fletcher, 1907 = Pselnophorus dolichos Matsumura, 1931 - Isis von Oken by Oken, Lorenz, 1779-1851 : v 34: 1841 (11) : Title Page : p.866 - D (35) 9 - Not Specified |