Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Agapeta zoegana
AGAPETA zoegana (Linnaeus, 1767)
Agapeta zoegana
AGAPETA zoegana (Linnaeus, 1767)
Life Cycle Guide-Imago Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Knapweed Conch
Wingspan: 15-25mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Asia Minor - S.Urals
UK Distribution: Common and well distributed about much of the British Isles : Very local in Northern England and Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Meadows : Dry Pastures : Roadside Verges : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
Larva: Feeds on members of the knapweed family, where it is a root miner
Observation: A very easy moth to identify in the field with its bright yellow forewing ground colour and its semi circular brown markings towards the termen.
Its similar species A.hamana has a lighter creamy yellow forewing and the markings towards the termen are more is more triangular at the start and the rust brown markings tend to be lighter brown.
The moth usually flies at dusk and occasionally comes to light and only lives for a few days.
Wingspan: 15-25mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Asia Minor - S.Urals
UK Distribution: Common and well distributed about much of the British Isles : Very local in Northern England and Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena zoegana Linnaeus, 1767
- Phalaena zoegana Linnaeus, 1767
- Europe
Habitat: Meadows : Dry Pastures : Roadside Verges : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
- Agapeta hamana Linnaeus, 1758
Larva: Feeds on members of the knapweed family, where it is a root miner
Observation: A very easy moth to identify in the field with its bright yellow forewing ground colour and its semi circular brown markings towards the termen.
Its similar species A.hamana has a lighter creamy yellow forewing and the markings towards the termen are more is more triangular at the start and the rust brown markings tend to be lighter brown.
The moth usually flies at dusk and occasionally comes to light and only lives for a few days.
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
- Centaurea diffusa - Diffuse Knapweed
- Centaurea jacea - Brown Knapweed
- Centaurea maculosa syn biebersteinii - Spotted knapweed
- Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed
- Jurinea multiflora - No Common Name
- Dipsacaceae - Teasel Family
- Scabiosa columbaria - Small Scabious
- Knautia arvensis - Field Scabious
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Cochylini AGAPETA Hübner, 1825 Agapeta zoegana (Linnaeus, 1767) - Phalaena zoegana Linnaeus, 1767 - PHALAENA zoegana Linnaeus, 1767 = Tortrix ferrugana Haworth, 1811 = Tortrix ferrugana Haworth, 1811 = Aethes zoegiana Billberg, 1820 = Agapeta zoegana brunneocycla Razowski, 1961 = Euxanthis = Agapeta. - Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): Title Page : p.876 - n.289 - Europe - A.z.f.brunneocycla Razowski, 1961-SE.Yugoslavia-Zljeb : Lastva |