Crambidae : Spilomelinae
Duponchelia fovealis
DUPONCHELIA fovealis Zeller, 1847
Duponchelia fovealis
DUPONCHELIA fovealis Zeller, 1847
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Dark Marbled Tabby
Wingspan: Male - 16 -18mm Female - 18-21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe including Belgium,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Czech Rep, Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,
Italy,Macedonia,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Spain & Netherlands : N Africa : Canary Isles : Madeira : Malta
UK Distribution: Possibly imported with household plants
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Host and low growing plants
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A species expanding its range either by accidental introduction or by migration with the aid of global warming.The fact that most recorded specimens appear in houses,garden centres and glass houses would point towards introduction on cultivated plants. As can be seen below the larva feeds on a wide variety of house plants or food plants causing considerable damage, making it a pest in some areas.
There is to date no evidence the moth is breeding in Great Britain
Wingspan: Male - 16 -18mm Female - 18-21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe including Belgium,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Czech Rep, Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,
Italy,Macedonia,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Spain & Netherlands : N Africa : Canary Isles : Madeira : Malta
UK Distribution: Possibly imported with household plants
UK Conservation Status -
- Migrant/Adventive
- Expanding Range
- Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
- Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
- Not Specified
Habitat: Host and low growing plants
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A species expanding its range either by accidental introduction or by migration with the aid of global warming.The fact that most recorded specimens appear in houses,garden centres and glass houses would point towards introduction on cultivated plants. As can be seen below the larva feeds on a wide variety of house plants or food plants causing considerable damage, making it a pest in some areas.
There is to date no evidence the moth is breeding in Great Britain
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
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Zea mays - Sweetcorn
- Solanaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Lycopersicon esculentum - Tomato
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Araceae - Anthurium
- Begoniaceae - Begonia
- Crassulaceae - Kalanchoe
- Euphorbiaceae - Euphorbia
- Lythraceae - Punica - Pomegranate
- Plumbaginaeae - Limonium - Sea Lavender
- Primulaceae - Cyclamen
- Ranunculaceae - Anemone
- Rosaceae - Rosa - Rose
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Lycopersicon esculentum - Tomato
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Spilomelinae DUPONCHELIA Zeller, 1847 Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847 - Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847 - DUPONCHELIA fovealis Zeller, 1847 = Hymenia griseata Butler, 1875 - Zeller . 1847 ,Bemerkungen über die auf einer Reise Nach Italien und Sicilien Beobachteten Schmetterlingsarten Isis von Oken 1847 (8) - 1847 : Title Page : p.588 - n 235 - Duponchelia - Not Specified |