Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Spatalistis bifasciana
SPATALISTIS bifasciana (Hübner, [1787])
Spatalistis bifasciana
SPATALISTIS bifasciana (Hübner, [1787])
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Small Purple Button
Wingspan: 12-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Canary Islands,Croatia,Greece,Lithuania,Portugal,Spain,Ukraine and most Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Local in southern England and southern Wales
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open Woodland : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Darker species of P.conwagana are similar to this moth but have yellowish cilia as apposed to the yellow terminal band of this moth.
The moth is blackish brown with metallic grey and bluish grey scales. The moth has a series of yellowish brown blotches both on the costa and in many cases the dorsum also.
The moth flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 12-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Canary Islands,Croatia,Greece,Lithuania,Portugal,Spain,Ukraine and most Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Local in southern England and southern Wales
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena ( Tortrix) bifasciana (Hübner,[1787])
- Spatalistis rhopica Meyrick, 1907
- Europa
Habitat: Open Woodland : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
- Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (Fabricius, 1775)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Darker species of P.conwagana are similar to this moth but have yellowish cilia as apposed to the yellow terminal band of this moth.
The moth is blackish brown with metallic grey and bluish grey scales. The moth has a series of yellowish brown blotches both on the costa and in many cases the dorsum also.
The moth flies at dusk and is attracted 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.
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.
- Betulaceae - Birch Family
- Betula pendula - Silver Birch
- Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam
- Cornaceae - Dogwood Family
- Cornus mas - Cornelian Cherry, Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
- Cornus sanguinea - Dogwood
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry
- Vaccinium uliginosum - Bog Bilberry
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut
- Fagus sylvatica - Beech
- Oleceae - Mesophytic Shrubs - Trees & Vines
- Lingustrum vulgare - Common Privet - Wild Privet
- Rhamnaceae - The Buckthorn Family
- Rhamnus cathartica - Common Buckthorn
- Rhamnus frangula - Alder Buckthorn
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Prunus avium - Wild Cherry
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Tortricini SPATALISTIS Meyrick 1907 Spatalistis bifasciana (Hübner,[1787]) - Spatalistis rhopica Meyrick, 1907 - PHALAENA (Tortrix) bifasciana (Hübner,[1787]) = Argyrolepia audouinana Duponchel, 1836 = Argyrolepia apicalis Humphreys & Westwood, 1845 = Chrosis bifasciana = Argyrotoza apicalis Westwood, 1845 = Argyrolepia audouinana Duponchel, 1834 - Hübner - Beitrage. Geschichte. Schmetterlinge., 1, 2:Title Page page.16, t. plate.3, figure M - Europa |