Crambidae : Spilomelinae
Agrotera nemoralis
AGROTERA nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763)
Agrotera nemoralis
AGROTERA nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Beautiful Pearl
Wingspan: 20 - 24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira and Malta) : eastwards to Japan
UK Distribution: As a breeding species this moth is restricted to woodland in Kent
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Hornbeam Woods
Similar Species -
Observations: An endangered Red Data Book species and a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan this moth is confined to the woodland in Kent as a breeding species with recent appearances in Cornwall,Sussex and Dorset possibly related to immigrant activity.
A very distinctive moth with yellowish thorax spotted orange, broad forewings with yellow basal area finely marked with orange lines,with the remainder of the wing being light brown to orange-brown with white cilia.
The moth flies at night an dis attracted to light.
Wingspan: 20 - 24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira and Malta) : eastwards to Japan
UK Distribution: As a breeding species this moth is restricted to woodland in Kent
UK Conservation Status -
- RedList - GB - Pre94 - (RDB1 - Endangered ) < 5 x 10km squares
- BAP : 2007 - Priority Species
- NERC S.41 : 2008 (England) - Species "of principle importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity"
- Least Concern
- Phalaena nemoralis Scopoli, 1763
- Phalaena nemoralis Scopoli, 1763
- in nemoribus frigidis, umbrosis - in the woods, cold, shady
Habitat: Hornbeam Woods
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: An endangered Red Data Book species and a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan this moth is confined to the woodland in Kent as a breeding species with recent appearances in Cornwall,Sussex and Dorset possibly related to immigrant activity.
A very distinctive moth with yellowish thorax spotted orange, broad forewings with yellow basal area finely marked with orange lines,with the remainder of the wing being light brown to orange-brown with white cilia.
The moth flies at night an dis 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.
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam
- Corylus avellana - Hazel
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Castanea crenata - Japanese Chestnut
- Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut
- Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech
- Quercus cerris - Turkey Oak
- Quercus serrata - Korean Oak
- Myricaceae - Wax-myrtle Family
- Eugenia jambos - Malabar Plum,Rose Apple
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Spilomelinae AGROTERA Schrank 1802 Agrotera nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763) - Phalaena nemoralis Scopoli, 1763 - PHALAENA nemoralis (Scopoli, 1763) = Phalaena erosalis Fabricius, 1794 - Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnæana. - pp. [1-35], 1-420, [1]. Vindobonae. (Trattner) : Title Page : p.242 - n.618 - in nemoribus frigidis, umbrosis - in the woods, cold, shady |