Gelechiidae : Anomologinae
Ptocheuusa paupella
PTOCHEUUSA paupella (Zeller, 1847)
Ptocheuusa paupella
PTOCHEUUSA paupella (Zeller, 1847)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 10 - 12mm
Worldwide Distribution: W Europe - less ( Bulgaria,Czech Re., Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Poland,
Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Sweden,Switzerland, Ukraine & Madiera) : Turkey : India
UK Distribution: Southern England - below The Wash to River Severn - local or locally common : North Wales,south east Ireland - rare : few records elsewhere.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Damp Grassland : Ditches : Damp Woodland Rides : Rivers : Canals
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Forewings pale brown to yellowish brown finely covered in dark brown speckles with variable white streaks. A white costal streak, starting at base, gently curves to meet with the apex.Darker spots occur approximately half way along wing length but can be missing in some specimens,as below.
Moth flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: W Europe - less ( Bulgaria,Czech Re., Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Poland,
Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Sweden,Switzerland, Ukraine & Madiera) : Turkey : India
UK Distribution: Southern England - below The Wash to River Severn - local or locally common : North Wales,south east Ireland - rare : few records elsewhere.
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Gelechia paupella (Zeller, 1847)
- Gelechia (Brachmia) inopella (Zeller, 1839)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Damp Grassland : Ditches : Damp Woodland Rides : Rivers : Canals
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Forewings pale brown to yellowish brown finely covered in dark brown speckles with variable white streaks. A white costal streak, starting at base, gently curves to meet with the apex.Darker spots occur approximately half way along wing length but can be missing in some specimens,as below.
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.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed
- Inula conyza - Ploughman's Spikenard
- Inula crithmoides - Golden Samphire
- Inula montana - Arnica Fleabane
- Pulicaria dysenterica - Common Fleabane
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Anomologinae PTOCHEUUSA Heinemann 1870 Ptocheuusa paupella (Zeller, 1847) - Gelechia (Brachmia) inopella (Zeller, 1839) - GELECHIA paupella (Zeller, 1847) = Aristotelia inopella Stainton, 1867 = Aphelosetia inulella Curtis, 1850 = Apatetris leucoglypta Meyrick, 1918 - Isis von Oken by Oken, Lorenz, 1779-1851 : v 40: 1847 (11) : Title Page : p.858 - n.407 (16) - Not Specified |