Pyralidae : Phycitinae
Acrobasis advenella
ACROBASIS advenella (Zincken, 1818)
Acrobasis advenella
ACROBASIS advenella (Zincken, 1818)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 19-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe, including Russia - less Bulgaria,Slovenia,Ukraine & most Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain but local in southern & central Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Garden : Hawthorn Hedges
Similar Species -
Observations: Although similar to A.suavella this moth is smaller than the similar species.
Forewings are silvery grey with reddish brown or black markings with clearly defined cross lines in white which are wavy in appearance and stepped towards the dorsum at the basal end of the forewing.
The moth is attracted both to light and sugar.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe, including Russia - less Bulgaria,Slovenia,Ukraine & most Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain but local in southern & central Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phycis advenella (Zincken, 1818)
- Tinea consociella Hübner, 1813
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Garden : Hawthorn Hedges
Similar Species -
- Acrobasis suavella (Zincken, 1818)
Observations: Although similar to A.suavella this moth is smaller than the similar species.
Forewings are silvery grey with reddish brown or black markings with clearly defined cross lines in white which are wavy in appearance and stepped towards the dorsum at the basal end of the forewing.
The moth is attracted both to light and sugar.
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.
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Aronia arbutifolia - Red Chokeberry
- Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe (Britain)
- Sorbus aucuparia - Mountain Ash - Rowan
Life Cycle Guide
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Pyralidae Phycitinae Phycitini ACROBASIS Zeller 1839 Acrobasis advenella (Zincken,1818) - Tinea consociella Hübner, 1813 - PHYCIS advenella (Zincken, 1818) = Trachycera advenella (Zincken, 1818) - Germar & Zincken - Mag.der Ent. 3: Title Page p.141 & 142 n.18 - Phycis advenella - Not Specified |