Erebidae : Herminiinae
Jubilee Fan-foot
ZANCLOGNATHA lunalis (Scopoli, 1763)
Jubilee Fan-foot
ZANCLOGNATHA lunalis (Scopoli, 1763)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 33 - 36mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia,
Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,N & NW Russia,Sardinia,Sicily & Slovenia) : Eastwards to Siberia : Amur : Ussuri : Japan : Korea : China
UK Distribution: Very rare migrant with only two southern England records
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Warm Meadows surrounded by Oak Woodland : Vineyards : Dry and Warm Valleys
Similar Species -
Pupa:
Overwinters as:
Observations: Only two record sightings for this moth occured at Dorney Reach in BUckinghamshire during the great summer of August 1976 and a further record at Durlston Country Park Swanagae in Dorset on 4 JUly 2001.
The moth is slightly larger than the Fan-foot but with an identifying luna shaped central wing marking which distinguishes the Jubilee Fan-foot from any other of the subfamily herminiinae.
The wings are light brown to red-brown sometimes with a purplish tinge. The postpedial line is gently scalloped with this moth,slightly irregular with Fan-foot and less so in Dusky Fan-foot.
The moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores, Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia,
Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,N & NW Russia,Sardinia,Sicily & Slovenia) : Eastwards to Siberia : Amur : Ussuri : Japan : Korea : China
UK Distribution: Very rare migrant with only two southern England records
UK Conservation Status -
- Vagrant/Accidental
- Least Concern
- Phalaena lunalis (Scopoli, 1763)
- Pyralis tarsiplumalis Hübner, 1796
- Carinthia - Austria
Habitat: Warm Meadows surrounded by Oak Woodland : Vineyards : Dry and Warm Valleys
Similar Species -
- See observations
Pupa:
Overwinters as:
Observations: Only two record sightings for this moth occured at Dorney Reach in BUckinghamshire during the great summer of August 1976 and a further record at Durlston Country Park Swanagae in Dorset on 4 JUly 2001.
The moth is slightly larger than the Fan-foot but with an identifying luna shaped central wing marking which distinguishes the Jubilee Fan-foot from any other of the subfamily herminiinae.
The wings are light brown to red-brown sometimes with a purplish tinge. The postpedial line is gently scalloped with this moth,slightly irregular with Fan-foot and less so in Dusky Fan-foot.
The moth is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva is polyphagous,feeding on the dried leaves of various broad-leaved trees and shrubs as shown below.
Larva is polyphagous,feeding on the dried leaves of various broad-leaved trees and shrubs as shown below.
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.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Taraxacum - Dandelion (Dried Leaves)
- Ericaceae - Vaccinium - Biberry etc (Dried Leaves)
- Fagaceae - Quercus - Oak /Fagus- Beech (Dried Leaves)
- Pinaceae - Pine Family ( Dried Leaves)
- Polygonaceae - Polygonum - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds (Dried Leaves)
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Erebidae Herminiinae ZANCLOGNATHA Lederer 1857 Zanclognatha lunalis (Scopoli, 1763) - Pyralis tarsiplumalis Hübner, 1796 - PHALAENA lunalis (Scopoli, 1763) = Polypogon lunalis (Scopoli, 1763) = Phalaena lunalis Scopoli, 1763 = Phalaena ventilabris Fabricius, 1787 = Pyralis tarsiplumalis Hübner, 1796 = Zanclognatha tarsiplumalis balatonalis Osthelder, 1935 = Zanclognatha tarsiplumalis chosensis Bryk, 1949 - Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. - Flensbvrgi, Lipsiae. in officina libraria Kort : Fabricius, Johann Christian 1775 : Title Page : p.241 - n.612 - Carinthia - Austria |