Noctuidae : Xyleninae
Rosy Marbled
ELAPHRIA venustula (Hübner, 1790)
Rosy Marbled
ELAPHRIA venustula (Hübner, 1790)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 19-23mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: A local species : Nationally scarce : Usually found only in South-east England.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open acid woodland where Bracken and larval food plant Tormentil grows : Heathland : Roadside verges.
Similar Species -
Pupa: Overwinters as a pupa in a cocoon in or on the ground amongst roots.
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The Marbled Beauty tends to be a local species,found only in South-east England in Kent,Sussex,Surrey,Hampshire and north into Berkshire,Oxfordshire,Buckinghamshire and into Essex where it is only found in open dry acid woodland,usually in the presence of bracken.
National Rarity and Scarcity assessment rates this moth as Nationally Scarce Nb.
The moth is well marked with its pink tinged ground colour,band of white and dark brown blotches. A rosy pink band runs parallel to the leading edge of the forewing from the white markings towards the base although this feature does not show at all in the photos below.
The Marbled Beauty tends to come to rest in the "wings folded" position clearly demonstrated in the photos below.
The male of the species is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: A local species : Nationally scarce : Usually found only in South-east England.
UK Conservation Status -
- Notable ( Nb-1980/93 ) = 101 -300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena Noctua venustula Hübner, 1790
- Elaphria grata Hübner, 1818
- Germany-Ausburg Region
Habitat: Open acid woodland where Bracken and larval food plant Tormentil grows : Heathland : Roadside verges.
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Overwinters as a pupa in a cocoon in or on the ground amongst roots.
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The Marbled Beauty tends to be a local species,found only in South-east England in Kent,Sussex,Surrey,Hampshire and north into Berkshire,Oxfordshire,Buckinghamshire and into Essex where it is only found in open dry acid woodland,usually in the presence of bracken.
National Rarity and Scarcity assessment rates this moth as Nationally Scarce Nb.
The moth is well marked with its pink tinged ground colour,band of white and dark brown blotches. A rosy pink band runs parallel to the leading edge of the forewing from the white markings towards the base although this feature does not show at all in the photos below.
The Marbled Beauty tends to come to rest in the "wings folded" position clearly demonstrated in the photos below.
The male of the species 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.
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Potenyilla erecta - Common Tormentil
- Potentilla reptans - Creeping Cinquefoil - Creeping Tormentil - European Cinquefoil
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Ericaceae - Calluna - Heather
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - Cytisus & Genista - Broom
- Poaceae - Gramineae - Molinia - Moor Grasses
- Rosaceae - Alchemilla
- Ericaceae - Calluna - Heather
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xyleninae Elaphriini ELAPHRIA Hübner, 1821 Elaphria venustula (Hübner, 1790) - Elaphria grata Hübner, 1818 PHALAENA (Noctua) venustula (Hübner, 1790) = Pyralis hybnerana Fabricius, 1794 = Psilomonodes venustula. - Hübner, Jacob Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge (Band 2) — Augsburg, 1790 ; 2 (3) - 57 - 80 : Title Page : p.78 - 79,Z : pl. 4 - f. Z - Germany-Ausburg Region |