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Crambidae : Glaphyriinae

Evergestis extimalis

EVERGESTIS extimalis (Scopoli, 1763)

Kind permission - © Tim Norriss

Life Cycle Guide

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Description

Vernacular Name: Marbled Yellow Pearl
Wingspan: 27 - 31mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Ireland and most Mediterranean Islands) : eastwards to Japan : Turkey
UK Distribution: Local in parts of East Anglia,Thames Estuary and southern coastal counties as a migrant
UK Conservation Status -

• Local = 101 - 300  10km squares

European Conservation Status -

• Least Concern

Original Species Name -

• Phalaena extimalis (Scopoli, 1763)

Type Species - Evergestis

• Pyralis margaritalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Type Locality -

• In agro Labacensi (in the field Labacensi)

Flight Period: May/June - September - single generation with possible partial second
Habitat: Coastal  Habitat : Chalk and Calcareous soil Downland
Similar Species -

• None

Larva: Final instar larva is yellow with almost orange dorsal line and black subdorsal  bands which finish at the prothoracic plate. Pinacula show strongly as black dots with short black setae. Larvae feeds within seedheads.
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewings are pale yellow to straw with antemedian and postmedian cross lines made up of rusty coloured dashes and dots.Terminal band is darker brown with short brown apical streaks.Stigmata usually faint appearing as rusty brown rings.
Moth is attracted to light

Photo Gallery

Evergestis extimalis - (Scopoli, 1763) - Loja, Spain - 7 June 2015 - © Tim Norriss

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
  • Aster sedifolius - Michaelmas Daisy - Dwarf Rhone Aster
• Brassicaceae - Mustards - Mustard Flowers - Cabbage Family
  • Brassica rapa - Turnip
  • Diplotaxis tenuifolia - Perennial Wall Rocket
  • Sinapis alba - White Mustard
  • Sinapis arvensis - Charlock
    • Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families 
      •  Brassicaceae - Iberis - Candytuft/Sisymbrium - Hedge Mustard/Raphanus - Radish

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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pyraloidea
Crambidae
Glaphyriinae
EVERGESTIS Hübner 1825
Evergestis extimalis (Scopoli, 1763)
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Pyralis margaritalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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PHALAENA extimalis (Scopoli, 1763)
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Ioannis Antonii Scopoli Med. Doct. S.C.R. ... Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates : methodo Linnaeana by Scopoli, Giovanni Antonio, 1723-1788 : Title Page : p.241 - n.614
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In agro Labacensi (in the field Labacensi)