Crambidae : Acentropinae
Small China-mark
CATACLYSTA lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Small China-mark
CATACLYSTA lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 22-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to central Asia : North Africa
UK Distribution: England,Wales,Channel Isles,Ireland - Common where where habitat alllows : Scotland - possibly only from one site
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Ponds : Ditches : Reedbeds
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The male of this species has a white forewing with a small dark discal spot lacated centrally in forewing at a point two thirds from base and the cilia is chequered.Male hindwing is white with a black,bluish band at the termen with golden lines each side of this band.Centrally in the bark band is a row of whitish dots.The female has Yellowish brown forewings with a darker discal spot usually feint or missing. Hindwing similar to male but with brownish shading.
The male flies by day and can be disturbed from waterside vegetation whereas the female is nocturnal and is attracted to light where they can be found in small numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to central Asia : North Africa
UK Distribution: England,Wales,Channel Isles,Ireland - Common where where habitat alllows : Scotland - possibly only from one site
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phalaena lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Greece: Island of Lemnos? ("in Lemna, ex qua collecta nidum struit")
Habitat: Ponds : Ditches : Reedbeds
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The male of this species has a white forewing with a small dark discal spot lacated centrally in forewing at a point two thirds from base and the cilia is chequered.Male hindwing is white with a black,bluish band at the termen with golden lines each side of this band.Centrally in the bark band is a row of whitish dots.The female has Yellowish brown forewings with a darker discal spot usually feint or missing. Hindwing similar to male but with brownish shading.
The male flies by day and can be disturbed from waterside vegetation whereas the female is nocturnal and is attracted to light where they can be found in small numbers.
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.
- Lemnaceae - Duckweed Family
- Lemna minor - Common Duckweed
- Spirodela polyrrhiza - Great Duckweed
- Typhaceae - Reedmace Family
- Sparganium emersum - Unbranched Bur-reed
- Typha latifolia - Reedmace - Bulrush
- Sparganium emersum - Unbranched Bur-reed
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - CATACLYSTA: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Forms: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae Acentropinae CATACLYSTA Hübner,[1825] Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) - PHALAENA lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.529 - n.199 - Greece: Island of Lemnos? ("in Lemna, ex qua collecta nidum struit") - C.l.f.ochracea Hauder, 1910 - forewing slightly ochre - male only |