Pyralidae : Pyralinae
Endotricha flammealis
ENDOTRICHA flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Endotricha flammealis
ENDOTRICHA flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Life cycle Guide-Imago Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Rosy Tabby
Wingspan: 18-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Southern Europe : Central Europe : Turkey : Cyprus : Transcaucasia : Crimea : Lebanon : Iran : Syria.
UK Distribution: Resident : South-occurs locally throughout southern half of England-common in south : Scarce in the North
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Lowland heathland : Gardens : Waste ground
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Using its common name the Rose Tabby E.flammealis is well known from its unusual resting posture with its head raised upwards.
The moth background is a variable reddish brown with a distinctive darker area from the antemedial fascia back to the forewing basal area and from the subterminal fascia back in a band towards the trailing wing edges.
Although a southern species it is expanding it range.
The moth is easily disturbed during the day,flies from dusk where it visits flowers and is also attracted to light.
Wingspan: 18-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Southern Europe : Central Europe : Turkey : Cyprus : Transcaucasia : Crimea : Lebanon : Iran : Syria.
UK Distribution: Resident : South-occurs locally throughout southern half of England-common in south : Scarce in the North
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Pyralis flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Pyralis flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Austria-near Vienna
Habitat: Woodland : Lowland heathland : Gardens : Waste ground
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: Using its common name the Rose Tabby E.flammealis is well known from its unusual resting posture with its head raised upwards.
The moth background is a variable reddish brown with a distinctive darker area from the antemedial fascia back to the forewing basal area and from the subterminal fascia back in a band towards the trailing wing edges.
Although a southern species it is expanding it range.
The moth is easily disturbed during the day,flies from dusk where it visits flowers and is also 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.
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Lotus uliginosus - Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry - Blue Whortleberry
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Agrimonia eupatoria - Common Agrimony
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - ENDOTRICA: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Pyralidae Pyralinae Endotrichini ENDOTRICA Zeller, 1847 Endotrica flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - PYRALIS flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - PYRALIS flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) = Endotricha flammealis var. adustalis Turati, 1905 = Endotricha flammealis var. lutealis Turati, 1905 = Endotricha flammealis var. montanalis Krulikovsky, 1907 = Endotricha flammealis carnealis de Lattin, 1951 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.123 - n.35 - Austria-near Vienna |