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Erebidae : Erebinae

Geometrician

GRAMMODES stolida (Fabricius, 1775)

Kind permission - © Tim Norriss

Life Cycle Guide - Europe
Previous UK records - September

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Description

Wingspan: 40 - 44mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe (as immigrant) - less (Belgium,Channel Isles,Latvia,Luxembourg,Norway,E,n,& NW Russia,Netherlands) eastwards to most of Asia : Australia : Africa
UK Distribution: Southern England -twice only
UK Conservation Status -

• Vagrant/Accidental

European Conservation Status -

• Least Cocern

Original Species Name -

• Noctua stolida (Fabricius, 1775)

Type Species - Grammodes

• Noctua geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)

Type Locality -

• India Orientali

Flight Period: Europe - two generations - May - June & August September
Habitat: Meadows : Lower Oak Forest
Similar Species -

• Passenger - Dysgonia algira - (Linnaeus, 1767)

Larva: The larva is reddish yellow with a dark grey dorsum line which widens beyond  the 5th segment. Subdorsal line also dark grey plus there are a series of black longitudinal streaks. The dorsum and spiracles area are paler.
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: An extremely rare migrant to this country with only two moths recorded up to 1980, a further nine records between 1981 and 2005 and an amazing twelve records in 2006 which is another indication of what we can expect with global warming.
The distribution of this moth ranges from southern Europe eastwards to most of Asia as well as being in Australia and Africa where it is fairly frequent. In Europe the moth migrates northwards as far as Finland.
Although at first glance this moth appears very much like a Passenger moth it is very clear there is a considerable difference between the two moths.

Photo Gallery

Geometrician - Grammodes stolida - (Fabricius, 1775) - Gorno Spancevo Pirin Mts, Bulgaria - 07 July 2007 - © Tim Norriss

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.

• Coriariaceae - Coriaria Family
  • Coriaria myrtifolia - Redoul
• Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
  • Sesbania bispinosa - Danchi,prickly sesban
• Linaceae - Flax Family
  • Linum usitatissimum - Flax
• Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
  • Oryza sativa - Asian Rice
• Rhamnaceae - The Buckthorn Family
  • Paliurus spina-christi - Christ's Thorn, Jeruselem thorn
  • Ziziphus jujuba - Jujube
  • Ziziphus mauritiana - Ber,Chinee Apple
• Rosaceae - Rose Family
  • Rubus fruticosus - Bramble - Blackberry
    • Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
      • Fagaceae - Quercus - Oak
      • Rosaceae - Rubus - Raspberry,Blackberry etc

Larval Food Plants

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Type Locality:

Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Erebidae
Erebinae
Ophiusini
GRAMMODES  Guenée 1852
Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
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Noctua geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
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NOCTUA stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
= Noctua cingularis Hübner, [1808]
= Euclidia stupida Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
= Grammodes curvilinea Walker, 1869
= attenuata Warren, 1913
= incompleta Buresch, 1914
= Grammodes odontota Turner, 1925
= Prodotis stolida
= Prodotis stolida Fabricius, 1775
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Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs
: Title Page : p.599 - n.38
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India Orientali