Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Aleimma loeflingiana
ALEIMMA loeflingiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aleimma loeflingiana
ALEIMMA loeflingiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Yellow Oak Button
Wingspan: 14-21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Asia Minor : Moldavia : Daghestan : Georgia : Syria
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles although local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Parkland : Gardens
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The moth is recognisable from the wing shape where the termen form a "V' shape and the costa is a gentle curve from base to apex.
The moth is usually found in two wing patterns both of which are shown below.The forewing has a net-like pattern which assists in identifying this moth.
The first pattern is light brown with two angled darker brown costal streaks. The second pattern is an extension of the first with dark brown markings within the median area.
The moth usually flies from dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 14-21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Asia Minor : Moldavia : Daghestan : Georgia : Syria
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles although local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena tortrix leoeflingiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tortrix plumbana Hübner, 1799
- Europe
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Parkland : Gardens
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The moth is recognisable from the wing shape where the termen form a "V' shape and the costa is a gentle curve from base to apex.
The moth is usually found in two wing patterns both of which are shown below.The forewing has a net-like pattern which assists in identifying this moth.
The first pattern is light brown with two angled darker brown costal streaks. The second pattern is an extension of the first with dark brown markings within the median area.
The moth usually flies from 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.
- Betulaceae - Birch Family
- Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak - Common Oak
- Quercus trojana - Macedonian Oak
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Prunus armeniaca - Apricot
- Prunus avium - Wild Cherry
- Prunus persica - Peach
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Tortricini ALEIMMA Hübner [1825] Aleimma loefllingiana (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tortrix plumbana Hübner, 1799 - PHALAENA tortrix leoeflingiana (Linnaeus, 1758) = Tortix ectypana Hübner, [1799-1800] = Aleimma ameriana = Heterognomon loeflingiana - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.531 - n.217 - Europe |