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Erebidae : Arctiinae

Feathered Footman

COSCINIA striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
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Description
Wingspan:  33 - 42mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Channel Isles,Finland,Ireland,Norway & most Mediterranean Islands ) to the Amur region of northern China-Siberia
UK Distribution: Not seen since nineteenth century
UK Conservation Status -
  • Vagrant/Accidental
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type Species - Coscinia
  • Phalaena cribrum Linnaeus, 1761
Type Locality -
  • Germany
Flight Period: Europe - June - August
Habitat: Warm sunny biotopes
Similar Species -
  • None
Larva: The 30mm final instar larva is black with brick red dorsal line and black setae. Head is black.
Pupa: Pupal stage last about a month
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A very rare migrant from southern Europe which has appeared in Britain less than 10 times where between 1815 and 1859 two specimens were taken in Berkshire,one in Essex,one in Yorkshire and three in north Wales with no recordings since.
The male forewing is yellowish marked with black "veins" with black discal spot. Hindwing is orange-yellow with black border at the margin and costa, discal spot black, joining up with costa.Abdomen is orange-yellow and black.
The female has pale yellow forewingwith just two small black discal spots. Hindwing yellow with fainter black border with half moon discal spot.
The overall range of this moth is from Europe eastwards to the Amur region of northern China and Siberia.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Eumetozoa
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Noctuoidea
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Arctiinae
Arctiini
COSCINIA Hübner 1819
Coscinia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Phalaena cribrum Linnaeus, 1761
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PHALAENA  striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= Spiris striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= Phalaena striata Linnaeus, 1758
= Phalaena grammica Linnaeus, 1758
= Phalaena processionea Müller, 1774
= Phalaena palladia Fourcroy, 1785
= Bombyx striata Borkhausen, 1790
= Bombyx melanoptera Brahm, 1791
= Euprepia funerea Eversmann, 1847
= Coscinia albida Schulze, 1910
= Eyprepia incompleta Oberthür, 1911
= Eyprepia nigra Spuler, 1913
= extrema Rocci, 1914
= pfeifferi Stauder, 1920
= commerelli Stauder, 1920
= aterrima Gaede, 1923
= nigrociliata Schawerda, 1929
= Coscinia striata strandi Obraztsov, 1936
= slovenica (Daniel, 1939)
= Coscinia striata wisniewskii Wojtusiak & Niesolowski, 1946
= hospitali (Marten, 1948)
= chrysographis Marten, 1948
= Euprepia striata
= Spiris striata striata
= Coscinia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.502 - n.31
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Germany
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C.s.f.melanoptera Brahm,1791 - hindwing intense black,fringe emains yellowish
C.s.f.intermedia Spuler, 1906 - Male - black on large part of hindwing
C.s.f.pallida Butler, 1877 - dark stripes blurred and eroded