Crambidae : Spilomelinae
Udea olivalis
UDEA olivalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Udea olivalis
UDEA olivalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Olive Pearl
Wingspan: 24-28mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Portugal,Spain & Ukraine : W Russia
UK Distribution: Fairly common over most of Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Waste Ground : Gardens
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This moth is brownish with a white square spot in the median area and another two spots between the square spot and the termen,one being slightly "v" shaped and the other oval.Three more white dashes are along the costa adjacent to the apex.
Easily disturbed during the day and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 24-28mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Portugal,Spain & Ukraine : W Russia
UK Distribution: Fairly common over most of Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Pyralis) olivalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller] , 1775)
- Pyralis ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Waste Ground : Gardens
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This moth is brownish with a white square spot in the median area and another two spots between the square spot and the termen,one being slightly "v" shaped and the other oval.Three more white dashes are along the costa adjacent to the apex.
Easily disturbed during the day and 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.
- Boraginaceae - Borage - Forget-me-not Family
- Symphytum officinale - Common Comfrey
- Cannabidaceae - Hemp - Hop Family
- Humulus lupulus - Hop
- Caryophyllaceae - Pink and Carnation Family
- Silene dioica - Red Campion
- Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family
- Mercurialis perennis - Dogs Mercury
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Lamium galeobdolon - Yellow Archangel
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel
- Urticaeae - Nettle Family
- Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle - Common Nettle
- Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle - Common Nettle
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Spilomelinae UDEA Guenée, 1845 Udea olivalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Pyralis ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796) - PHALAENA (Pyralis) olivalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller] , 1775) = Botys olivalis var. caucasica Staudinger, 1897 = Botys olivalis var. transbaicalis Staudinger, 1897 = Pyralis umbralis Hübner, 1796 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingender Wienergegend : Title Page : p.123 - n.21 - Austria - near Vienna |