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Erebidae : Herminiinae

Small Fan-foot

HERMINIA grisealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Description
Wingspan: 22-28mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,E,N & NW Russia,Sardinia & Sicily) : Siberia : Amur : Ussuri : Sakhalin : Korea : Japan : China : Taiwan
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain although local in mainland Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
  • Common = > 300 10km squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena (Pyralis) grisealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Type Species - Herminia
  • Phalaena ventrilabris Fabricius, 1787
Type Locality -
  • Austria - near Vienna
Flight Period: Southern England - early May - August - univoltine : Elsewhere - early June - August - univoltine
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Scrub : Gardens : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
  • Fan-foot - Herminia tarsipennalis - Treitschke, 1835
Larva: The 18mm final instar larva is reddish or greenish brown with wide dark dorsal line on each abdominal segment and small pinacula. The head is dark greyish brown. Larva feeds on the withered leaves of the host plant
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon among leaf litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: Although similar to Fan-foot this moth is easily separated by its smaller size and by the outer cross line which curves gently to meet the apex, something none of the other "Fan-foots" display. Markings on this moth are also generally sharper than the similar species.
The moth is common through most of Great Britain only becoming local further north in the Scottish mainland.
The moth flies from dusk and feeds on flowers and sugar and is attracted to light.
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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
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Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Erebidae
Herminiinae
HERMINIA Latreille 1802
Herminia grisealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Phalaena ventrilabris Fabricius, 1787
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PHALAENA (Pyralis) grisealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= Phalaena nemoralis Fabricius, 1775
= Crambus nemorum Fabricius, 1798
= Crambus nemoratus Haworth, 1809
= Polypogon grisealis
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Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingender Wienergegend : Title Page : p.120 - n.11
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Austria - near Vienna