Geometridae : Larentiinae
Small Rivulet
PERIZOMA alchemillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Small Rivulet
PERIZOMA alchemillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 22-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Holarctic : Europe, excluding southern Europe
UK Distribution: England,Wales,lowland Scotland,Isle of Man,Ireland - well distributed and fairly frequent : Channel Isles - Jersey - local and occasional, Guernsey -rare
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgrows : Gardens : Chalk Downland : Marshes : Derelict sites
Similar Species -
Pupa: Overwinters as a pupa underground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: Although similar to the The Rivulet - Perizoma affinitata (Stephens, 1831) this moth is much smaller with two white cross lines, the second white cross lines has a tooth like indentation into the terminal area, just in from the costa and two more on the inner white band facing the opposite direction towards the base. There is sometimes a feint cross line near the base.
The subterminal line shows strongly a short distance in from the costa before becoming a broken white line.
The hindwing usually has only a feint cross line.
The moth can sometimes be disturbed during the day close to the larval food plant and usually flies at dusk.
It is also attracted to light and can be found at the moth trap in small numbers.
Worldwide Distribution: Holarctic : Europe, excluding southern Europe
UK Distribution: England,Wales,lowland Scotland,Isle of Man,Ireland - well distributed and fairly frequent : Channel Isles - Jersey - local and occasional, Guernsey -rare
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10Km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Geometra) alchemillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Geometra abulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Austria - Vienna Region
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgrows : Gardens : Chalk Downland : Marshes : Derelict sites
Similar Species -
- The Rivulet - Perizoma affinitata (Stephens, 1831)
Pupa: Overwinters as a pupa underground
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: Although similar to the The Rivulet - Perizoma affinitata (Stephens, 1831) this moth is much smaller with two white cross lines, the second white cross lines has a tooth like indentation into the terminal area, just in from the costa and two more on the inner white band facing the opposite direction towards the base. There is sometimes a feint cross line near the base.
The subterminal line shows strongly a short distance in from the costa before becoming a broken white line.
The hindwing usually has only a feint cross line.
The moth can sometimes be disturbed during the day close to the larval food plant and usually flies at dusk.
It is also attracted to light and can be found at the moth trap 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.
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Ballota nigra - Black Horehound
- Galeopsis ladanum - Broadleaf Hemp Nettle
- Galeopsis speciosa - Large Flowered Hemp Nettle
- Galeopsis tetrahit - Common Hemp Nettle
- Lamium galeobdolon - Yellow Archangel
- Lamium maculatum - Spotted Deadnettle
- Lamium purpureum - Red Dead Nettle
- Stachys alpina - Limestone Woundwort
- Stachys officinalis - Betony - Wood Betony
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - PERIZOMA: Original Species Name: Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Perizomini PERIZOMA Hübner,[1825] Perizoma alchemillata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Geometra abulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - PHALAENA (Geometra) alchemillata (Linnaeus, 1758) = rivulata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) = nassata (Fabricius, 1787) = alchemillaria (Borkhausen, 1794) = alchemillata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.526 - n.179 - Austria - Vienna Region |