Noctuidae : Xyleninae
Slender Brindle
APAMEA scolopacina (Esper, 1788)
Slender Brindle
APAMEA scolopacina (Esper, 1788)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 32-36mm
Worldwide Distribution: Southern and Central Europe east to : S Siberia : Kuriles : Japan
UK Distribution: Central southern & South-west England,Wales,and Midlands north to Yorkshire-Cumbria -quite well distributed : Eastern England form Cambridgeshire,East Anglia to Yorkshire - local : Isle of Man - rare : Channel Isles - local & occasional
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Grassy Places
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon underground
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This moth is quite distinctive with its straw coloured forewing background with a black patch on the dorsum near the base. The antemedial and postmedial lines are in fine black and are dentate with the stigmata showing clearly in white,whilst above the stigmata is another patch in black.
There is a terminal band in darker brown which starts in the tornal area and finishes just before the apex, which is highlighted with a light brown tip. The forewing is broad with a curved costa at about two thirds and the termen is strongly curved towards the tornus.
The moth is attracted to light where it can be found at the moth trap in low numbers. The moth can also be attracted by sugaring and will feeds on flowers.
Worldwide Distribution: Southern and Central Europe east to : S Siberia : Kuriles : Japan
UK Distribution: Central southern & South-west England,Wales,and Midlands north to Yorkshire-Cumbria -quite well distributed : Eastern England form Cambridgeshire,East Anglia to Yorkshire - local : Isle of Man - rare : Channel Isles - local & occasional
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 100 - 300 10Km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Noctua) scolopacina (Esper, 1788)
- Noctua basilinea ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Europe
Habitat: Woodland : Grassy Places
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon underground
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This moth is quite distinctive with its straw coloured forewing background with a black patch on the dorsum near the base. The antemedial and postmedial lines are in fine black and are dentate with the stigmata showing clearly in white,whilst above the stigmata is another patch in black.
There is a terminal band in darker brown which starts in the tornal area and finishes just before the apex, which is highlighted with a light brown tip. The forewing is broad with a curved costa at about two thirds and the termen is strongly curved towards the tornus.
The moth is attracted to light where it can be found at the moth trap in low numbers. The moth can also be attracted by sugaring and will feeds on flowers.
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.
- Cyperaceae - Sedge Family
- Carex spicata - Spiked Sedge
- Carex sylvatica - Wood Sedge
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Brachypodium sylvaticum - False Brome
- Dactylis glomerata - Cock's-foot:Orchard grass
- Dactylis polygama - Slender Cock's-foot
- Elymus caninus - Bearded Couch
- Glyceria notata - Plicate Sweet-grass
- Milium effusum - Wood Millet
- Poa nemoralis - Wood Meadow-grass
- Poa trivialis - Rough-stalked Meadow-grass
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xyleninae Apameini APAMEA Ochsenheimer 1816 Apamea scolopacina (Esper, 1788) - Noctua basilinea ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - PHALAENA (Noctua) scolopacina (Esper, 1788) = Noctua abbreviata Haworth, 1809 = Apamea scolopacina subbrunnea Inoue & Sugi, 1958 - APAMEA Ochsenheimer 1816-genus = Abromias Billberg 1820 - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur - Vol 4 - pt 2 : Title Page : p.394 - n.135 Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur - Vol v.5 (plates) - p.17 - Tab CXXX - f.1 - Europe |