Erebidae : Arctiinae
Round-winged Muslin
THUMATHA senex (Hübner, [1808])
Round-winged Muslin
THUMATHA senex (Hübner, [1808])
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 20-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,
Sardinia & Sicily) : Northern Asia Minor : Crimea : S W Siberia
UK Distribution: Southern and south east England,Midlands and East Anglia - well distributed : South -west England,Wales and northern England - less well distributed : Scotland - very local - mainly the lowlands : Isle of Man - rare : Channel Isles - local on Guernsey
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Fens : Bogs : Damp Grassland : Marshes : Riverbanks
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon made from silk and larva hairs
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A delicate looking moth with cream coloured,broad forewings which appear to be almost translucent,and as the name suggests, has rounded apex.
Centrally position black dots are prominent with antemedial and postmedial lines made up of a series of black dashes.
The similar species N.mundana has a less rounded forewing,two poorly defined zigzag fasciae and fewer spots than the Round-winged Muslin.
Moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,
Sardinia & Sicily) : Northern Asia Minor : Crimea : S W Siberia
UK Distribution: Southern and south east England,Midlands and East Anglia - well distributed : South -west England,Wales and northern England - less well distributed : Scotland - very local - mainly the lowlands : Isle of Man - rare : Channel Isles - local on Guernsey
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Bombyx senex (Hübner, [1808])
- Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866
- Not Specified
Habitat: Fens : Bogs : Damp Grassland : Marshes : Riverbanks
Similar Species -
- Muslin Footman - Nudaria mundana - (Linnaeus, 1761)
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon made from silk and larva hairs
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A delicate looking moth with cream coloured,broad forewings which appear to be almost translucent,and as the name suggests, has rounded apex.
Centrally position black dots are prominent with antemedial and postmedial lines made up of a series of black dashes.
The similar species N.mundana has a less rounded forewing,two poorly defined zigzag fasciae and fewer spots than the Round-winged Muslin.
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.
- Brachytheciaceae - Moss Family
- Homalothecium sericeum - Silky Wall Feather-moss
- Marchantiaceae - Liverwort Family
- Marchantia polymorpha - Common Liverwort
- Marchantia polymorpha - Common Liverwort
- Peltigeraceae - Litchenised Fungi Family
- Peltigera canina - Dog Lichen
- Rhabdoweisiaceae - Moss Family
- Dicranoweisia cirrata - Common Pincushion
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Erebidae Arctiinae Lithosiini THUMATHA Walker 1866 Thumatha senex (Hübner, [1808]) - Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866 - BOMBYX senex (Hübner, [1808]) = Nudaria rotunda Haworth, 1809 = karvajszkyi Dioszeghy, 1923 = tramontana Dannehl, 1929 = Comacla senex - THUMATHA Walker 1866 = Thumata auct. - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 v.2-3 : Lepidoptera 111 : Bombyx 11 : plate 55 - f.236 & 237 - No Specified |