Crambidae : Spilomelinae
Rush Veneer
NOMOPHILA noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Rush Veneer
NOMOPHILA noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Life Cycle Guide-Imago Only
Description
Wingspan: 24-30mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Immigrant : Appears throughout the Britain : Most common in the southern counties
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Can be found in most localities, but being an immigrant,often found by coast.
Similar Species:-
Observations: The Rush Veneer is easily recognisable with its long narrow forewings in greyish brown with darker brown markings at about a third and kidney shaped (reniform stigmata) marks at about two thirds.
The similar species N.neartica or Lucerne Moth from North America has only accidentally appeared once in this country in 1983 and could only be identified from the Rush Veneer by genatalia examination.
Although numbers of this moth vary year on year, in a good year this migrant moth can arrive at our shores in good numbers along the south coast.
The moth is easily disturbed during the day and is known to come to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Immigrant : Appears throughout the Britain : Most common in the southern counties
UK Conservation Status -
- Migrant
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tinea) noctuella ([Denis and Schiffermueller], 1775)
- Pyralis hybridalis Hübner, 1796
- Austria-Near Vienna
Habitat: Can be found in most localities, but being an immigrant,often found by coast.
Similar Species:-
- Nomophila neartica Munroe, 1973
Observations: The Rush Veneer is easily recognisable with its long narrow forewings in greyish brown with darker brown markings at about a third and kidney shaped (reniform stigmata) marks at about two thirds.
The similar species N.neartica or Lucerne Moth from North America has only accidentally appeared once in this country in 1983 and could only be identified from the Rush Veneer by genatalia examination.
Although numbers of this moth vary year on year, in a good year this migrant moth can arrive at our shores in good numbers along the south coast.
The moth is easily disturbed during the day and is known to come 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.
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry - Blue Whortleberry
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Medicago sativa - Alfalfa - Lucerne
- Trifolium pratense - Red Clover
- Trifolium repens - White Clover - Dutch Clover
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Prunella vulgaris - Selfheal
- Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family
- Plantago major - Common Plantain
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Polygonum aviculare - Postrate Knotweed
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Spilomelinae NOMOPHILA Hübner, [1825] Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Pyralis hybridalis Hübner, 1796 - PHALAENA (Tinea) noctuella ([Denis and Schiffermueller], 1775) = Pyralis hybridalis Hübner, 1796 = Nomophila incertalis Hübner, 1825 = Nephopteryx indistinctalis Walker, 1863 = Botys helvolalis Maassen, 1890 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingender Wienergegend : Title Page : p.136 - n.35 - Austria-near vienna |