Crambidae : Spilomelinae
Dolicharthria punctalis
DOLICHARTHRIA punctalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Dolicharthria punctalis
DOLICHARTHRIA punctalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Long-legged China-mark
Wingspan: 20-25mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Belgium,Canary Is.,Cyprus,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Scarce on coast between Sussex and Cornwall and the Scilly Isles
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Vegetated Shingle : Chalk/Limestone Grassland : Cliffs : Sandhills
Similar Species -
Observations: A moth only found along the southern coasts from Susssex to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles it is a nationally scarce species under the UK BAP Biodiversity Action Plan.
A fairly plain brown moth with darker antemedial and postmedial lines which try to converge at the dorsum with added feature of extremely long legs and antennae and a prominent white crescent or V-shaped discal spot.
The similar species S.punctalis (Fabricius, 1775) has a dark discal spot and the postmedial line is highlighted distally.
The moth can be disturbed during the day,flies from dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 20-25mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Belgium,Canary Is.,Cyprus,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Scarce on coast between Sussex and Cornwall and the Scilly Isles
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Pyralis) punctalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Scopula longipedalis Curtis, 1830
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Vegetated Shingle : Chalk/Limestone Grassland : Cliffs : Sandhills
Similar Species -
- Synaphe punctalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Observations: A moth only found along the southern coasts from Susssex to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles it is a nationally scarce species under the UK BAP Biodiversity Action Plan.
A fairly plain brown moth with darker antemedial and postmedial lines which try to converge at the dorsum with added feature of extremely long legs and antennae and a prominent white crescent or V-shaped discal spot.
The similar species S.punctalis (Fabricius, 1775) has a dark discal spot and the postmedial line is highlighted distally.
The moth can be disturbed during the day,flies from dusk 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.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Artemisia vulgaris - Mugwort (Flowers & Leaves)
- Senecio jacobaea - Common Ragwort (Dead & Decaying leaves)
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Lotus corniculatus - Bird's-foot Trefoil - Birdfoot Deervetch (USA)
- Trifolium pratense - Red Clover
- Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family
- Plantago coronopus - Buck's-Horn Plantain
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Centaura - Knapweed
- Zosteraceae - Zostera - Eelgrass
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Plantago coronopus - Buck's-Horn Plantain
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - DOLICHARTHRIA: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Spilomelinae DOLICHARTHRIA Stephens 1834 Dolicharthria punctalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Scopula longipedalis Curtis, 1830 - PHALAENA (Pyralis) punctalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingender Wienergegend : Title Page : p.123 - n.25 - Austria - near Vienna |