Eribidae : Arctiinae
Hoary Footman
EILEMA caniola (Hübner, [1808])
Hoary Footman
EILEMA caniola (Hübner, [1808])
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Description
Wingspan: 28 - 35mm
Worldwide Distribution: C,S & W Europe - excluding ( Czech Rep.,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Poland,
Russia,Slovakia,Sweden,Netherlands Madeira and Cyprus) : N W Africa : Asia Minor : Crimea : Caucasus : Transcaucasia
UK Distribution: Scarce on north and south coasts of Devon and Cornwall,Somerset,southern and western Wales and Anglesey. Suspected migrant on coast of Dorset,Sussex and south east Kent and inland as it spreading from the east.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Rocky coastline : Shingle Beaches : Quarries
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon between crevices
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A nationally scarce species found around coastal habitats between Kent and Anglesey either as resident or possible migrant and increasingly inland as the moth spreads from the east.
Very similar to the Scarce Footman but the hindwing is very pale yellowish grey as opposed to similar species which is ochreous yellow.
Forewing is narrow,silky and very pale grey with pale orange stripe along costa.
Moth is attracted to light soon after dark appaearing at the moth trap in small numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: C,S & W Europe - excluding ( Czech Rep.,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Poland,
Russia,Slovakia,Sweden,Netherlands Madeira and Cyprus) : N W Africa : Asia Minor : Crimea : Caucasus : Transcaucasia
UK Distribution: Scarce on north and south coasts of Devon and Cornwall,Somerset,southern and western Wales and Anglesey. Suspected migrant on coast of Dorset,Sussex and south east Kent and inland as it spreading from the east.
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Bombyx caniola Hübner, 1808
- Bombyx caniola Hübner, 1808
- Europe
Habitat: Rocky coastline : Shingle Beaches : Quarries
Similar Species -
- Scarce Footman - Eilema complana - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon between crevices
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A nationally scarce species found around coastal habitats between Kent and Anglesey either as resident or possible migrant and increasingly inland as the moth spreads from the east.
Very similar to the Scarce Footman but the hindwing is very pale yellowish grey as opposed to similar species which is ochreous yellow.
Forewing is narrow,silky and very pale grey with pale orange stripe along costa.
Moth is attracted to light soon after dark appaearing at the moth trap in small numbers.
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Erebidae Arctiinae Lithosiini EILEMA Hübner, [1819] Eilema caniola (Hübner, [1808]) - Bombyx caniola Hübner, 1808 - BOMBYX caniola (Hübner, [1808]) = Eilema caniolum (Hubner, [1808]) = Bombyx caniola Hübner, [1808] = Lithosia lacteola Boisduval, 1834 = Lithosia vitellina Boisduval, 1834 = albula Walker, 1854 = cameola Birchall, 1865 = carniola Guérin-Ménéville & Berce, 1867 = iridis Koutsaftikis, 1973 = Ileman lutarella (Linnaeus, 1783) = Ilema caniola - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 : Lepidoptera 111 : Bombycae 11 : : pl. 51 - f. 220 - Europe |