Gelechiidae : Anomologinae
Eulamprotes atrella
EULAMPROTES atrella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Eulamprotes atrella
EULAMPROTES atrella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Two-spotted Neb
Wingspan: 11-13mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,
Sardinia,Sicily and Slovenia) : east to Japan
UK Distribution: Widespread and local throughout much of England : northern England, Wales,Ireland and northern Ireland - local to very local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Downland : Rough Ground : Woodland Clearings : Dry Pasture : Roadsides
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a case constructed from part of a leaf which drops to the ground.
Observations: Care should be taken when identifying this moth as a few Gelechid moths have dark forewings with whitish yellow tornal and costal spots.Labial palps can be used to differetiate between the species as the similar species E.immaculatella had dark fuscous palps whereas this moth has ochreous coloured palps.The final definitive way of differentiating between the species is to revert to genitalia examination.
Moth can be disturbed from around the host plant,flies early evening and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 11-13mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,
Sardinia,Sicily and Slovenia) : east to Japan
UK Distribution: Widespread and local throughout much of England : northern England, Wales,Ireland and northern Ireland - local to very local
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea atrella Schiffermüller, 1775
- Tinea atrella Schiffermüller, 1775
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Downland : Rough Ground : Woodland Clearings : Dry Pasture : Roadsides
Similar Species -
- Eulamprotes immaculatella (Douglas, 1850)
Pupa: Pupates in a case constructed from part of a leaf which drops to the ground.
Observations: Care should be taken when identifying this moth as a few Gelechid moths have dark forewings with whitish yellow tornal and costal spots.Labial palps can be used to differetiate between the species as the similar species E.immaculatella had dark fuscous palps whereas this moth has ochreous coloured palps.The final definitive way of differentiating between the species is to revert to genitalia examination.
Moth can be disturbed from around the host plant,flies early evening 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.
- Hypericaceae - St John's Wort Family
- Hypericum hirsutum - Hairy St John's Wort
- Hypericum maculatum - Imperforate St John's-wort
- Hypericum perforatum - St John's Wort
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Gelechiidae Anomologinae EULAMPROTES Bradley 1971 Eulamprotes atrella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - Tinea atrella Schiffermüller, 1775 - TINEA atrella Schiffermüller, 1775 = umbriferella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) = Anacampsis aurimaculella Höfner, 1897 = Stomopteryx nigritella Zeller, 1847 = Aristotelia ornata Dufrane, 1942 = Tinea quadripunctella Fabricius, 1794 = Aristotelia umbriferella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.140 - n.60 - Austria - near Vienna |