Geometridae : Larentiinae
Oblique Striped
PHIBALAPTERYX virgata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Oblique Striped
PHIBALAPTERYX virgata (Hufnagel, 1767)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 22-25mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,N Russia,Sardinia & Sicily)
UK Distribution: On the sandy heath in Breckland : Chalk downland in southern England : sand-dunes on the coasts of England and Wales
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Sandy Heath in Brekland : Chalk Downland - southen England : Sand-dunes
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupate in loose soil or plant litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth is grey or greyish brown with quite sharp apex and series od darker brown cross lines which tend to be widest in the median area of the wing often edged in white. Two prominent dark discal spots centrally positioned in median fascia and blackish apial streaks.
Being a moth with specific habitat requirement it is listed as a nationally scarce B moth under the UK biodiversity action plan.
Although similar the Oblique Carpet has a much thicker apial streak which traverses half way across the termen.
The moth flies from sunset and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,N Russia,Sardinia & Sicily)
UK Distribution: On the sandy heath in Breckland : Chalk downland in southern England : sand-dunes on the coasts of England and Wales
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena virgata (Hufnagel, 1767)
- Geometra lineolata Schiffermüller, 1775
- Berlin
Habitat: Sandy Heath in Brekland : Chalk Downland - southen England : Sand-dunes
Similar Species -
- Oblique Carpet - Orthonama vittata - (Borkhausen, 1794)
Pupa: Pupate in loose soil or plant litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The moth is grey or greyish brown with quite sharp apex and series od darker brown cross lines which tend to be widest in the median area of the wing often edged in white. Two prominent dark discal spots centrally positioned in median fascia and blackish apial streaks.
Being a moth with specific habitat requirement it is listed as a nationally scarce B moth under the UK biodiversity action plan.
Although similar the Oblique Carpet has a much thicker apial streak which traverses half way across the termen.
The moth flies from sunset 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.
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.
- Rubiaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Galium boreale - Northern Bedstraw
- Galium mullugo - Hedge Bedstraw
- Galium saxatile - Heath Bedstraw
- Galium verum - Lady's Bedstraw
Laval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - PHIBALAPTERYX: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Forms: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Cataclysmini PHIBALAPTERYX Stephens 1829 Phibalapteryx virgata (Hufnagel, 1767) - Geometra lineolata Schiffermüller, 1775 - PHALAENA virgata (Hufnagel, 1767) - Berlin. Magazin. 4 (6) : Title Page : p.608 - n.74 - Berlin - P.v.f.impunctata Petersen,1902 - discal spot absent P.v.f.tangens Lempke, 1950 - ante and postmedial line touch P.v.f.approximata Lempke, 1967 - smaller median fascia P.v.f.planicolor Lempke, 1950 - median area darker P.v.f.unicolor Lempke, 1967 - wing greyish brown - no markings P.v.f.bicolorata Cockayne, 1952 - background light,cross lines dark P.v.f.brunnescens Lempke, 1967 - background light brown |