Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Carnation Tortrix
CACOECIMORPHA pronubana (Hübner, [1799])
Carnation Tortrix
CACOECIMORPHA pronubana (Hübner, [1799])
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: Male - 15 - 17mm / Female 18 - 22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Bulgaria,Croatia,Czech Rep.,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Germany,Latvia,Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway,Poland,Slovakia,Sweden,Ukraine & Crete ) : N Africa : S Africa : Asia Minor : N America
UK Distribution: Common throughout much of Great Britain and southern Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Gardens : Hedgerows : Woodland
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Adult/larva
Observations: Moth was first recorded in Bognor back in 1905 possibly through accidental introduction in garden plants.
The male forewing is dark brown with darker net like patterning on the outer part of the wing with dark brown,reddish brown markings and an oblique median cross band in the same dark brown colour.
The female is larger,with lighter coloured forewing which comes to a point at the apex. There is a darker orange brown median cross band edged on the basal side and orangey brown net like patterning twards the basal and terminal areas.
Hindwings are bright orange making it easy to spot during daytime flights.
Moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Bulgaria,Croatia,Czech Rep.,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Germany,Latvia,Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway,Poland,Slovakia,Sweden,Ukraine & Crete ) : N Africa : S Africa : Asia Minor : N America
UK Distribution: Common throughout much of Great Britain and southern Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix pronubana Hübner, 1799
- Tortrix pronubana Hübner, 1799
- Europe
Habitat: Gardens : Hedgerows : Woodland
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Adult/larva
Observations: Moth was first recorded in Bognor back in 1905 possibly through accidental introduction in garden plants.
The male forewing is dark brown with darker net like patterning on the outer part of the wing with dark brown,reddish brown markings and an oblique median cross band in the same dark brown colour.
The female is larger,with lighter coloured forewing which comes to a point at the apex. There is a darker orange brown median cross band edged on the basal side and orangey brown net like patterning twards the basal and terminal areas.
Hindwings are bright orange making it easy to spot during daytime flights.
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.
- Aceraceae - Maple Family
- Acer campestre - Field Maple
- Acer negundo - Box Elder
- Acer platanoides - Norway Maple
- Acer rubrum - Red Maple
- Aquifoliaceae - Holly Family
- Ilex aquifolium - Holly
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Artemesia vulgaris - Mugwort
- Conyza canadensis - Canada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed
- Araliaceae - Ivy Family
- Hedera helix - Ivy
- Berberidaceae - Barberry Family
- Mahonia aquifolium - Oregon Grape, Hollyleaved barberry, Oregon Holly Grape, Oregon Holly
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Corylus avellana - Hazel
- Caryophyllaceae - Pink and Carnation Family
- Dianthus caryophyllus - Carnation
- Celastraceae - Staff Vine : Bittersweet Family
- Euonymus europaeus - Spindle Tree
- Euonymus japonicus - Evergreen Spindle - Japanese Spindle
- Convolvulaceae - Bindweed - Morning Glory Family
- Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed
- Crassulaceae - Orpine Family
- Sedum spectabile - Ice Plant
- Cupressaceae - Cypress Family
- Cupressocyparis leylandii - Leyland Cypress
- Juniperus communis - Juniper
- Juniperus squamata - Flaky Juniper
- Thuja occidentalis - American Arbor-Vitae
- Elaegnaceae - Oleaster Family
- Hippophae rhamnoides - Sea Buckthorn
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Arbutus unedo - Strawberry Tree
- Rhododendron X praecox - Rhododendron
- Vaccinium corymbosum - High-Bush Blueberry, American Blueberry, Swamp Blueberry, Blueberry
- Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family
- Euphorbia amygdaloides - Wood Spurge
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust, Yellow Locust
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak - Common Oak
- Grossulariaceae - Currant Family
- Ribes rubrum - Redcurrant
- Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry
- Hippocastanaceae - Horse Chestnut Family
- Aesculus hippocastanum - Horse Chestnut
- Hypericaceae - St John's Wort Family
- Hypericum perforatum - St John's Wort
- Lauraceae - Laurel Family
- Laurus nobilis - Bay tree
- Lindera umbellata - No Common Name
- Oleceae - Mesophytic Shrubs - Trees - Vines
- Jasminum officinale - Jessamine, Poet's jasmine
- Lingustrum vulgare - Common Privet - European Privet
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Picea abies - Norway Spruce
- Picea glauca - White Spruce
- Picea sitchensis - Sitka Spruce
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Rumex crispus - Curled Dock
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Fragaria x ananassa - Strawberry
- Malus sylvestris - Crab Apple
- Prunus avium - Wild Cherry
- Prunus cerasifera - Cherry Plum, Myrobalan Plum, Newport Cherry Plum, Pissard Plum
- Prunus cerasus - Sour Cherry
- Prunus domestica - Bullace - Plum
- Prunus laurocerasus - Cherry Laurel, English Laurel
- Rubus idaeus - Raspberry - Framboise
- Rutaceae - Rue/Citrus Family
- Citrus reticulata - Mandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange
- Skimmia japonica - Japanese Skimmia
- Solanaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Lycopersicon esculentum - Tomato
- Vitaceae - Grapevine - Virginia Creeper Family
- Vitis vinifera - Grape
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Archipini CACOECIMORPHA Obraztsov 1954 Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hübner, [1799]) - Tortrix pronubana Hübner, 1799 - TORTRIX pronubana (Hübner, [1799]) = ambustana (Frölich, 1830) = hermineana (Duponchel, 1835) = insolatana (Lucas, 1848) = perochreana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856) = Cacoecimorpha pronuba = Cacoecia ambustana Hübner, 1830 = Cacoecia hermineana Duponchel, 1834 = Cacoecia insolatana Lucas, 1848 - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 Lepidoptera V11 : Tortrices 1V : pl. 19 - f. 121 - Europe |