Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Endothenia marginana
ENDOTHENIA marginana (Haworth, 1811)
Endothenia marginana
ENDOTHENIA marginana (Haworth, 1811)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Bordered Marble
Wingspan: 11-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece & Madeira)
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Britain but local to very local in the north
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Rough Ground : Damp Meadows : Heathland : Fens
Similar Species -
Observations: The male of this moth can be separated from both sexes of the similar species by its white hindwings,the female being more difficult due to the female hindwing only being pale in the basal area. The white band beyond the median area with E.gentianaeana is thinner than both sexes of this moth making it readily distinguishable.
The moth is easily disturbed during the day,flies in the evening and occasionally attracted to light.
Wingspan: 11-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece & Madeira)
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Britain but local to very local in the north
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix marginana (Haworth, 1811)
- Tortrix gentianaeana Hübner, 1799
- Not Specified
Habitat: Rough Ground : Damp Meadows : Heathland : Fens
Similar Species -
- Endothenia gentianaeana (Hübner, [1799])
- Endothenia oblongana (Haworth, 1811)
Observations: The male of this moth can be separated from both sexes of the similar species by its white hindwings,the female being more difficult due to the female hindwing only being pale in the basal area. The white band beyond the median area with E.gentianaeana is thinner than both sexes of this moth making it readily distinguishable.
The moth is easily disturbed during the day,flies in the evening and occasionally 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.
- Dipsacaceae - Teasel Family
- Dipsacus fullonum - Teasel, Fuller's teasel
- Gentianaceae - Gentian Family
- Gentiana pneumonanthe - Marsh Gentian
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Galeopsis tetrahit - Common Hemp Nettle
- Stachy's officinalis - Betony,Wood Betony
- Orabanchaceae - Broomrape Family
- Pedicularis palustris - Marsh Lousewort
- Pedicularis sylvatica - Lousewort
- Rhinanthus minor - Yellow Rattle
- Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family
- Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain - English Plantain
- Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain - English Plantain
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 - ENDOTHENIA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Endotheniini ENDOTHENIA Stephens 1852 Endothenia marginana (Haworth, 1811) - Tortrix gentianaeana Hübner, 1799 - TORTRIX marginana (Haworth, 1811) = Endothenia sellana (Frölich, 1828) - Lepidoptera Britannica (2): Title Page : p.433 - n.124 - Not Specified |