Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Aethes rubigana
AETHES rubigana (Treitschke, 1830)
Aethes rubigana
AETHES rubigana (Treitschke, 1830)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Burdock Conch
Wingspan: 15-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Luxembourg,Madeira,
Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Spain) : Caucasus : Manchuria : Japan
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles with the exception of Scotland where it is very local.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open Woodland : Scrub : Waste Ground : Field Margins
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewing is creamy white with patches of brownish yellow and greyish. A clearly defined broader oblique median fascia in reddish brown separates this species form A.cnicana where the median fascia is thinner and less oblique. The similar species is also slightly smaller than this moth.
The moth flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 15-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Luxembourg,Madeira,
Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Spain) : Caucasus : Manchuria : Japan
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles with the exception of Scotland where it is very local.
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix rubigana (Treitschke, 1830)
- Pyralis smeathmanniana Fabricius, 1781
- Austria
Habitat: Open Woodland : Scrub : Waste Ground : Field Margins
Similar Species -
- Aethes cnicana (Westwood, 1854)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewing is creamy white with patches of brownish yellow and greyish. A clearly defined broader oblique median fascia in reddish brown separates this species form A.cnicana where the median fascia is thinner and less oblique. The similar species is also slightly smaller than this moth.
The moth 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
- Arctium lappa - Greater Burdock - Gobo
- Arctium minus - Lesser Burdock
- Cirsium oleraceum - Cabbage Thistle
- Arctium lappa - Greater Burdock - Gobo
Larval Food Plants
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Cochylini AETHES Billberg 1820 Aethes rubigana (Treitschke, 1830) - Pyralis smeathmanniana Fabricius, 1781 - TORTRIX rubigana (Treitschke, 1830) = Phalonia arcticana Brandt, 1937 = Tortrix badiana = Tortrix smeathmanniana = Phalonia badiana = Phalonia arcticana Brandt 1937 = Cochylis obscurana Chrétien, 1894 - Treitschke, 1830,Die schmetterlinge von Europa v.8 : Title Page : p.117 - 118 - n.50 - Rubigana - Austria |