Crambidae : Scopariinae
Scoparia ambigualis
SCOPARIA ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829)
Scoparia ambigualis
SCOPARIA ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829)
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Description
Vernacular Name: Common Grey
Wingspan: 15-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Common and widespread throughout British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Grassland : Heathland : Scrub : Moorland
Similar Species:-
Observations: A moth with greyish white markings on a relatively long forewing,tinged with light brown and speckled in dark grey and two white fascias at one third and two thirds along the forewing. There is also an X shaped mark in black near the forewing costa.
Identifying the "scoparia" is very difficult and with three similar species S.ambigualis is no exception.
The moth is easily disturbed during during the day and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 15-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Common and widespread throughout British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Hercyna ambigualis Treitschke, 1829
- Tinia pyralella Hübner, 1796
- Austria-Near Vienna
Habitat: Woodland : Grassland : Heathland : Scrub : Moorland
Similar Species:-
- Udonia truncicolella Stainton, 1849
- Scoparia ancipitella La Harpe, 1855
- Scoparia basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866
Observations: A moth with greyish white markings on a relatively long forewing,tinged with light brown and speckled in dark grey and two white fascias at one third and two thirds along the forewing. There is also an X shaped mark in black near the forewing costa.
Identifying the "scoparia" is very difficult and with three similar species S.ambigualis is no exception.
The moth is easily disturbed during during the day 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.
- Mniaceae - Calcareous Moss
- Mnium hornum - Carpet Moss
- Polytrichaceae - Tall Doicous Moss
- Polytrichum commune - Common Hair Moss
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Scopariinae SCOPARIA Haworth, 1811 Scoparia ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829) - Tinia pyralella Hübner, 1796 - HERCYNA ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829) = Scoparia erralis Guenée, 1854 = Eudorea asphodeliella La Harpe, 1855 = Eudorea atomalis Stainton, 1855 = Scoparia ambigualis var. aestiva A. Speyer, 1867 = Scoparia ambigualis f. taeniatella Teich, 1889 = Scoparia ambigualis ab. crossi E. R. Bankes, 1909 = Scoparia ambigualis nigra Hamfelt, 1917 = Scoparia klinckowstroemi Hamfelt 1917 = Scoparia ambigualis f. whalleyi Leraut, 1984 - Treitschke, 1829 Schmett. Eur. : Title Page : Vol.7 - p.184 - Austria-Near Vienna |