Ancylosis cinnamomella

Pyralidae : Phycitinae

Ancylosis cinnamomella

ANCYLOSIS cinnamomella (Duponchel, 1836)

Kind permission - © Tim Norriss

Life Cycle Guide - Europe - Adult Only

Description

Wingspan: 19 - 24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Balearic Isles,Canary Isles,Channel Isles,Crete,Cyrus,Denmark,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia, Lithuania, Madeira,Malta,Slovenia and The Netherlands) : eastwards to Mongolia
UK Distribution: Single immigrant to Britain only
UK Conservation Status -

Migrant

European Conservation Status -

Least Concern

Original Species Name -

Phycis cinnamomella (Duponchel, 1836)

Type Species - Ancylosis

Pyralis dilutella Hübner, sensu Treitschke, 1832

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Not Specified

Flight Period: April - September - Bivoltine
Habitat: Embankments : Hillsides : Sunny side of Mountain Valleys
Similar Species -

None

Observations: A very rare migrant, recorded only once in Britain, from Portland in Dorset, back in 2003.
The forewings are elongate with a pointed apex with an ochreous background with light grey shading. Crosslines are black and relatively faint,the postmedian line edged with crimson. There is two small black discal where the antemedian line finishes at the dorsum.Hindwing is whitish.
Female generally smaller and darker than male.
The moth comes from southern Europe but expands it range eastwards to Mongolia.

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.

Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Artemesia campestris - Field Southerwood
- Artemesia vulgaris - Mugwort
Crassulaceae - Orpine Family
- Sedum acre - Common Stonecrop

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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyraloidea
Pyralidae
Phycitinae
Phycitini
ANCYLOSIS Zeller 1839
Ancylosis cinnamomella (Duponchel, 1836)
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Pyralis dilutella Hübner, sensu Treitschke, 1832
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PHYCIS cinnamomella (Duponchel, 1836)
= Heterographis bichordella Ragonot, 1887
= Heterographis lividella Ragonot, 1887
= Ancylosis flammella Ragonot, 1887
= Ancylosis byzacaenicella Ragonot, 1887
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ANCYLOSIS Zeller 1839
= Staudingeria Ragonot 1887
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Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France 10 ; by Godart, Jean Baptiste, 1775-1825; Genouville, E. R., d. 1820; Duponchel, Philogene Auguste Joseph, 1774-1846; Vauthier, Antoine Charles, b. 1790; Duménil, Paul Chrétien Romain Constant, b. 1779 : Title Page : P.195 - Pl.279 - fig.4
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Not Specified
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A.c.bichordella Rogonot,1887 - Middle East
A.c.byzacaenicella Rogonot, 1887 - Algeria and Tunisia
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A.c.f.cephella Rogonot, 1901 - backgroung variable from light ochre-yellow to bright yellowish fawn.
A.c.f.rosopennella Rogonot - background bright crimson
A.c.f.labeonella Staudinger, 1859 - brownish grey sprinkled with white
A.c.f.fuliginosa Rithchild,1913 - tends towards sooty brownn
A.c.f.nigrella Caradja, 1916 - blackish