Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Agapeta hamana
AGAPETA hamana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Agapeta hamana
AGAPETA hamana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide-Imago Only
Description
Vernacular Names: Hook-marked Straw Moth : Common Yellow Conch
Wingspan: 15-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Asia minor
UK Distribution: Fairly common throughout most of Britain-most records Southern and north-western England
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Grassland : Fens : Open woodland : heathland : Waste places : Wherever Thistles occur,not at high altitude.
Similar Species -
Observation: The moth has a creamy yellow background and rust brown markings and is similar to A.zoegana which has rusty brown markings in a circular shape around the outer half of the forewing.
The moth flies in the evening but is readily disturbed during the day and is also attracted to light.
Wingspan: 15-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Asia minor
UK Distribution: Fairly common throughout most of Britain-most records Southern and north-western England
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena straminea Haworth, 1811
- Phalaena zoegana Linnaeus, 1767
- England
Habitat: Grassland : Fens : Open woodland : heathland : Waste places : Wherever Thistles occur,not at high altitude.
Similar Species -
- Agapeta zoegana Linnaeus, 1767
Observation: The moth has a creamy yellow background and rust brown markings and is similar to A.zoegana which has rusty brown markings in a circular shape around the outer half of the forewing.
The moth flies in the evening but is readily disturbed during the day 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.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle - Canada Thistle
- Carduus nutans - Musk Thistle
- Sarratula tinctoria - Saw-Wort
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Ononis repens - Rest Harrow
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - Trifolium - Clover
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Cochylini AGAPETA Hübner, 1822 Agapeta hamana (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena zoegana Linnaeus, 1767 - PHALAENA hamana Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena hamana Linnaeus, 1758 = Tortrix trigonana Schiffermüller, 1775 = Tortrix diversana Hübner, 1811-1818 = Euxanthis periphragmella Schawerda, 1911 = Euxanthis depuncta Obraztsov, 1943 = Euxanthis albana Dufrane, 1960 = Euxanthis deficiens Dufrane, 1960 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.530 - n.205 - Europe |