Pyralidae : Phycitinae
Acrobasis marmorea
ACROBASIS marmorea (Haworth, 1811)
Acrobasis marmorea
ACROBASIS marmorea (Haworth, 1811)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Marbled Knot-horn
Wingspan: 18-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Corsica,Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,
Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Local throughout England & Wales : very local in the north
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Hedgerows : Scrub : Woodland,especially near coast
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The forewing is silvery grey with dark crimson or magenta,especially in the basal area. The antemdian line is angled from the costa to half way across the wing,almost forming a right angle before going straight to the dorsum, the line being edged in white.The postmedian line is wavy and edged in white and is adjacent to a band in dark crimson.Two black dots in the median area can be joined together.
This moth is similar to A.suavella and A.advenella but has a shorter blunter forewing with a straighter costa.
Wingspan: 18-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Corsica,Cyprus,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,
Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Local throughout England & Wales : very local in the north
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea marmorea (Haworth, 1811)
- Tinea consociella Hübner, 1813
- Not Specified
Habitat: Hedgerows : Scrub : Woodland,especially near coast
Similar Species -
- Acrobasis suavella (Zincken, 1818)
- Acrobasis advenella (Zincken, 1818)
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The forewing is silvery grey with dark crimson or magenta,especially in the basal area. The antemdian line is angled from the costa to half way across the wing,almost forming a right angle before going straight to the dorsum, the line being edged in white.The postmedian line is wavy and edged in white and is adjacent to a band in dark crimson.Two black dots in the median area can be joined together.
This moth is similar to A.suavella and A.advenella but has a shorter blunter forewing with a straighter costa.
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.
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe (Britain)
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Rosaceae - Crataegus - Hawthorn/Sorbus - Mountain Ash
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe (Britain)
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Pyralidae Phycitinae Phycitini ACROBASIS Zeller 1839 Acrobasis marmorea (Haworth, 1811) - Tinea consociella Hübner, 1813 - TINEA marmorea (Haworth, 1811) = Trachycera marmorea (Haworth, 1811) = Rhodophaea epelydella Zeller 1839 - ACROBASIS Zeller, 1839 = Conobathra Meyrick 1886 = Cyphita Roesler 1971 = Rhodophaeopsis Amsel 1950 = Trachycera Ragonot 1893 = Catacrobasis Gozmány 1958 = Cyprusia Amsel 1958 - Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.495 - n.12 - Not Specified |