Crambidae : Scopariinae
Scoparia basistrigalis
SCOPARIA basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866
Scoparia basistrigalis
SCOPARIA basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Base-lined Grey
Wingspan: 20-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Ireland,Portugal,Slovenia & Ukraine and some Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: England & Wales north to Cumbria and Yorkshire - less numerous in north
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Marshes
Similar Species -
Observations: The moth has a long broad forewing with blunt apex. The forewing is greyish white sometimes with a yellowish brown hue.
Cross lines are white edged with black. The subterminal cross line has a "V' type kink just in from the costa which is joined from the termen with two white inverted "V" markings which together make a broad white letter "W".There are also two black "X" marks in the stigmata area.
Moth rests during the day and flies by night and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 20-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Ireland,Portugal,Slovenia & Ukraine and some Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: England & Wales north to Cumbria and Yorkshire - less numerous in north
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Scoparia basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866
- Tinea pyralella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Marshes
Similar Species -
- Scoparia ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829)
Observations: The moth has a long broad forewing with blunt apex. The forewing is greyish white sometimes with a yellowish brown hue.
Cross lines are white edged with black. The subterminal cross line has a "V' type kink just in from the costa which is joined from the termen with two white inverted "V" markings which together make a broad white letter "W".There are also two black "X" marks in the stigmata area.
Moth rests during the day and flies by night and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva feed on various mosses
Larva feed on various mosses
- Mniaceae - Calcareous Moss
- Mnium hornum - Carpet Moss
- Mnium hornum - Carpet Moss
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Scopariinae SCOPARIA Haworth, 1811 Scoparia basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866 - Tinea pyralella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 - SCOPARIA basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866 - Knaggs 1866 - Oxford - The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine V.3 - Title Page : p.1-2 - Not Specified |