Noctuidae : Metoponiinae
Goldwing
SYNTHYMIA fixa (Fabricius, 1787)
Goldwing
SYNTHYMIA fixa (Fabricius, 1787)
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Life Cycle Guide - Europe - Adult Only
Description
Wingspan: 37 - 40mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - including (Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,France,Gibralter,Italy,Macedonia,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily, Slovenia,Spain,Netherlands,Baltics) : N Africa - Algeria
UK Distribution: Doubtful - see Observations
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Dry,Rocky habitats : Sunny Grasslands : Embankments : Open Dry and Warm Woodland, Semi-arid Areas
Similar Species -
Pupa: Hibernates overwinter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A moth of southern Europe and north Africa it has been a British moth based firstly on a single specimen taken at Start Point Devon on 23 June 1937 before a second specimen was found,caught at the same place and time. Initially, accuracy of labeling had cast doubt on the authenticity of this being classed as a British moth but with the advent of a second specimen it now has rightfully been declared so,albeit as a vagrant.The original specimen is held in the Natural History Museum.
Although similar to the Burnet Companion in shape and appearance this moth is larger and has a yellow stigmata and orbicular spot on a grey green forewing. The hindwing is orange-yellow with a broad brown border.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - including (Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,France,Gibralter,Italy,Macedonia,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily, Slovenia,Spain,Netherlands,Baltics) : N Africa - Algeria
UK Distribution: Doubtful - see Observations
UK Conservation Status -
- Vagrant/Accidental
- Least Concern
- Noctua fixa (Fabricius, 1787)
- Noctua monogramma Hübner, 1808
- Gibralter
Habitat: Dry,Rocky habitats : Sunny Grasslands : Embankments : Open Dry and Warm Woodland, Semi-arid Areas
Similar Species -
- Burnet Companion - Euclidia glyphica - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pupa: Hibernates overwinter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A moth of southern Europe and north Africa it has been a British moth based firstly on a single specimen taken at Start Point Devon on 23 June 1937 before a second specimen was found,caught at the same place and time. Initially, accuracy of labeling had cast doubt on the authenticity of this being classed as a British moth but with the advent of a second specimen it now has rightfully been declared so,albeit as a vagrant.The original specimen is held in the Natural History Museum.
Although similar to the Burnet Companion in shape and appearance this moth is larger and has a yellow stigmata and orbicular spot on a grey green forewing. The hindwing is orange-yellow with a broad brown border.
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.
- Convolvulaceae - Bindweed - Morning Glory Family
- Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed
- Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Bituminaria bituminosa - Pitch Trefoil - Arabian Pea
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Metoponiinae SYNTHYMIA Hübner 1823 Synthymia fixa (Fabricius, 1787) - Noctua monogramma Hübner, 1808 - NOCTUA fixa (Fabricius, 1787) = Noctua monogramma Hübner, [1808] - Mantissa Insectorum 2 : Title Page : p.147 - n.91 - Gibraltar |