Geometridae : Larentiinae
Small Waved Umber
HORISME vitalbata ({Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Small Waved Umber
HORISME vitalbata ({Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 26-32mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe excluding(Azores,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira,Malta,Norway, N & S Russia) to Japan,Amur Region and Korea
UK Distribution: central Southern,south-eastern England & East Anglia - well distributed and frequent : south-west England and north to Lincolnshire,West Midlands,westwards to south Wales - local : Channel Isles - Jersey - Rare
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open woodland scrub : Hedgerows : Fallow Land
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates among plant litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A very distinctive and easily recognised moth with its light brown to whitish costal band and black median band with the remainder of the forewing and hindwing light brown with a series of darker brown cross lines and bands. The terminal line is made up of a series of black dashes. Two discal spots are sitting in a centrally positioned cut out portion of the median band.
There is a slight variation in the ground colour,widths of bands and intensity of the markings.
The moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe excluding(Azores,Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira,Malta,Norway, N & S Russia) to Japan,Amur Region and Korea
UK Distribution: central Southern,south-eastern England & East Anglia - well distributed and frequent : south-west England and north to Lincolnshire,West Midlands,westwards to south Wales - local : Channel Isles - Jersey - Rare
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Geometra) vitalbata ({Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Geometra tersata Schiffermüller, 1775
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Open woodland scrub : Hedgerows : Fallow Land
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates among plant litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: A very distinctive and easily recognised moth with its light brown to whitish costal band and black median band with the remainder of the forewing and hindwing light brown with a series of darker brown cross lines and bands. The terminal line is made up of a series of black dashes. Two discal spots are sitting in a centrally positioned cut out portion of the median band.
There is a slight variation in the ground colour,widths of bands and intensity of the markings.
The moth 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.
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.
- Ranunculaceae - Buttercup - Crowfoot Family
- Clematis alpina - Austrian Clematis
- Clematis vitalba - Traveller's Joy
- Pulsatilla pratensis - Pasque Flower
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - HORISME: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Subspecies; Forms: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Melanthiini HORISME Hübner, [1825] Horisme vitalbata ({Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Geometra tersata Schiffermüller, 1775 - PHALAENA (Geometra) vitalbata ({Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.109 - n.15 - Austria - near Vienna - H.v. staudingeri Prout, 1938 - Central Asia - overall tone russet,forewing less light on costa - H.v.f.conspicuata Hirschke, 1899 - over tone grey |