Noctuidae : Oncocnemidinae
Toadflax Brocade
CALOPHASIA lunula (Hufnagel, 1766)
Toadflax Brocade
CALOPHASIA lunula (Hufnagel, 1766)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 32-34mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira,Malta,Portugal & Sardinia) : S Urals : S Siberia
UK Distribution: Red Data Book Species : First recorded in England at Shoreham,West Sussex : Kent - Dungerness - colonised from 1950 onwards : Sussex - Pagham Harbour eastwards along coast to Walmer & Sholden Kent : recorded further west at Portland Bill,Dorset,Southsea and GosportHampshire,Wareham Dorset.Possibly expanding its range with recordings from Greater London and Norfolk
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Vegetated Shingle Beaches : Gardens occasionally
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: As a resident species,since 2002, this moth has extended its range along the central southern and south eastern England coasts from Dorset to Norfolk and is classified as a Red Data Book rare species.
The moth is well marked on its broad forewing with three white marks including stigmata,orbicular spot and narrow marks emanating from basal area. The fringe is marked alternately with white dashes along with a series of black dashes inwards of the terminal area.
The moth is attracted to light but appears rarely at the moth trap.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira,Malta,Portugal & Sardinia) : S Urals : S Siberia
UK Distribution: Red Data Book Species : First recorded in England at Shoreham,West Sussex : Kent - Dungerness - colonised from 1950 onwards : Sussex - Pagham Harbour eastwards along coast to Walmer & Sholden Kent : recorded further west at Portland Bill,Dorset,Southsea and GosportHampshire,Wareham Dorset.Possibly expanding its range with recordings from Greater London and Norfolk
UK Conservation Status -
- RedList - GB - Pre94 - (RDB 3 - Rare) < 15 x 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena lunula (Hufnagel, 1766)
- Noctua linariae Schiffermüller, 1775
- Germany - Berlin Region
Habitat: Vegetated Shingle Beaches : Gardens occasionally
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: As a resident species,since 2002, this moth has extended its range along the central southern and south eastern England coasts from Dorset to Norfolk and is classified as a Red Data Book rare species.
The moth is well marked on its broad forewing with three white marks including stigmata,orbicular spot and narrow marks emanating from basal area. The fringe is marked alternately with white dashes along with a series of black dashes inwards of the terminal area.
The moth is attracted to light but appears rarely at the moth trap.
Photo Gallery
Larva
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.
- Scrophulariaceae - Figwort Family
- Chaenorrhinum minus - Small Toadflax
- Linaria alpina - Alpine Toadflax
- Linaria purpurea - Purple Toadflax
- Linaria repens - Pale Toadflax
- Linaria vulgaris - Yellow Toadflax,Common Toadflax
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Scrophulariaceae - Larvae captive bred on following - Cymbalaria muralis - Ivy-leaved Toadflax/Antirrhinum majus - Antirrhinum/Linaria dalmatica - Balken Toadflax/Cymbalaria pallida - Italian Toadflax
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Chaenorrhinum minus - Small Toadflax
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Oncocnemidinae CALOPHASIA Stephens 1829 Calophasia lunula (Hufnagel, 1766) - Noctua linariae Schiffermüller, 1775 - PHALAENA lunula (Hufnagel, 1766) = Noctua linariae Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Calophasia atrifascia Rebel = Calophasia nigrata Kiefer, 1913 = Calophasia cana Dannehl, 1933 = Calophasia bilunulata Warnecke, 1933 - Berlin. Magazin. 3 (4): Title Page : p. 394 - n.66 - Germany - Berlin Region - C.l.lunula (Hufnagel,1766) - Nominate Subspecies C.l.stempfferi Boursin, 1926 C.l.ocellata Ronkay & Ronkay, 1995 - Turkey |