Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Aethes cnicana
AETHES cnicana (Westwood, 1854)
Aethes cnicana
AETHES cnicana (Westwood, 1854)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Thistle Conch
Wingspan: 14-17mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,
Sardinia,Sicily,Spain & Ukraine) : China : Japan : Korea
UK Distribution: Common throughout British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Host plant dependent
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The similar species A.rubigana is slightly larger with broader forewings and a broader median fascia,nearly always interrupted,the outer margin deeply indented before the dorsum.
The moth forewing is creamy white,sometimes yellowish,suffused with golden or light brown patches with a reddish or reddish brown median fascia from the dorsum obliquely to the costa at one half.The outer margin of the median fascia hardly indented near the dorsum.
Moth easily disturbed by day,flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 14-17mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,
Sardinia,Sicily,Spain & Ukraine) : China : Japan : Korea
UK Distribution: Common throughout British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Argyrolepia cnicana (Westwood, 1854)
- Pyralis smeathmanniana Fabricius, 1781
- England - near Epping Forest
Habitat: Host plant dependent
Similar Species -
- Aethes rubigana (Treitschke, 1830)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The similar species A.rubigana is slightly larger with broader forewings and a broader median fascia,nearly always interrupted,the outer margin deeply indented before the dorsum.
The moth forewing is creamy white,sometimes yellowish,suffused with golden or light brown patches with a reddish or reddish brown median fascia from the dorsum obliquely to the costa at one half.The outer margin of the median fascia hardly indented near the dorsum.
Moth easily disturbed by day,flies at dusk and 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.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Cirsium oleraceum - Cabbage Thistle
- Cirsium palustre - Marsh Thistle
- Cirsium vulgare - Common Thistle - Spear Thistle
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Carduus - Thistle
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Carduus - Thistle
- 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 Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Cochylini AETHES Billberg 1820 Aethes cnicana (Westwood, 1854) - Pyralis smeathmanniana Fabricius, 1781 - ARGYROLEPIA cnicana (Westwood, 1854) = Phalonia - Index entomologicus; or, A complete illustrated catalogue, consisting of upwards of two thousand accurately coloured figures of the lepidopterous insects of Great Britain. By W. Wood. A new and rev. ed., with supplement, containing figures and notices of nearly two hundred newly discovered species, snyoptic lists, etc. By J.O, Westwood. : Title Page : p.280 - 1851 - Cnicana : Phalaena p.59 - f.1851 - England - near Epping Forest |