Crambidae : Odontiinae
Cynaeda dentalis
CYNAEDA dentalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Cynaeda dentalis
CYNAEDA dentalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 24 - 29mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Channel Is.,Cyprus,Ireland & Norway)
UK Distribution: Currently found in Devon,Kent & Sussex
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Vegetated Shingle : Chalk & Limestone Cliffs : Sand Dunes
Similar Species -
Pupa: The pupal case is covered with dried leaf fragments and attached to the surface of a dead leaf
Observations: This moth is restricted to a few coastal localities in the south east of England where its preferred sites of shingle beaches occur.
It is found in south Hayling and Portsdown Hill where it is found in low numbers.
Forewing creamy white,shaded light brown,with a very strongly and irregular toothed dark brown cross band at about one half ,the cilia are strongly settled.
Can be disturbed during the day from food plant and is attracted to light during the night.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Channel Is.,Cyprus,Ireland & Norway)
UK Distribution: Currently found in Devon,Kent & Sussex
UK Conservation Status -
- Proposed Red Data Book Species (Rare) (pRBD3) = 11 - 15 10Km squares
- Least Concern
- Pyralis dentalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Pyralis dentalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Austria - Vienna
Habitat: Vegetated Shingle : Chalk & Limestone Cliffs : Sand Dunes
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: The pupal case is covered with dried leaf fragments and attached to the surface of a dead leaf
Observations: This moth is restricted to a few coastal localities in the south east of England where its preferred sites of shingle beaches occur.
It is found in south Hayling and Portsdown Hill where it is found in low numbers.
Forewing creamy white,shaded light brown,with a very strongly and irregular toothed dark brown cross band at about one half ,the cilia are strongly settled.
Can be disturbed during the day from food plant and is attracted to light during the night.
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.
- Boraginaceae - Borage - Forget-me-not Family
- Anchusa officinalis - Alkanet, Common bugloss
- Echium vulgare - Viper's Bugloss
- Heliotropium europaeum - European Heliotrope
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Odontiinae Odontiinae CYNAEDA Hübner 1825 Cynaeda dentalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Pyralis dentalis Schiffermüller, 1775 - PYRALIS dentalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) = Noctua fulminas Fabricius = Phalaena ramalis Fabricius = Noctua radiata Esper, 1796 - John Curtis, 1791-1862 - British entomology : being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. v.5 - (1823-1840) : Title Page : plate 563 : page 563 - Odontia dentalis Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend,herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k. k. Theresianum. - pp. [1], 1-322, [1], Tab. 1a-1b. Wien : Title Page : p.120 - n.14 - Austria - Vienna |