Brick

Noctuidae : Xyleninae

Brick

AGROCHOLA (Sunira) circellaris (Hufnagel, 1766)

Life Cycle Guide

Description

Wingspan: 38 - 42mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: England,Wales,Isle of Man - Well distributed : Scotland,Ireland - more local : Channel Isles - widespread and occasional
UK Conservation Status -

Common = > 300 10km squares

European Conservation Status -

Least Concern

Original Species Name -

Phalaena circellaris (Hufnagel, 1766)

Type Species - Agrochola

Noctua pistacina ([Denis & Schiffermüller,]1775)

Type Locality -

Germany - Berlin Region

Flight Period: Late August - December - univoltine
Habitat: Broadleaved Woodland : Parkland : Gardens
Similar Species -

Yellow-line Quaker - Agrochola macilenta - (Hübner, [1809])

Larva: The 42mm final instar larva is greyish brown with Chevron markings on each segment along the dorsal line which is thin and white.Subdorsal lines also thin and white with thicker paler,broken spiracular line.Head dark brown marked with black.
Pupa: Pupates in cocoon below the soil
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The variable ground colour of the forewigs ranges between,light reddish,brown,greyish or pink tinged or even darker.The stigmata and orbicular spot are well highlighted with darker perimeter and in the case of the former a black prominent mark to the dorsum side of the stigmata.
Cross lines tend to vary in intensity and are usually wavy although the most prominent of these is the subterminal line which is reddish and edged with a lighter yellowish line.Hindwing is grey with broad brownish- white wedge along front edge.
Moth is attracted to both light and sugar.

Photo Gallery

The Brick - Agrochola circellaris - (Hufnagel, 1766) - 30 W Skinner - Fleet - 11 October 2015

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.

Oleceae - Mesophytic Shrubs - Trees - Vines
- Fraxinus excelsior - Ash
Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Crataegus laevigata - Midland Hawthorn
- Prunus padus - Bird Cherry - Hackberry
Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Populus canadensis - Golden Carolina Poplar
- Populus nigra - Black Poplar - Lombardy Poplar (ssp italia)
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
- Salix aurita - Eared Sallow
- Salix caprea - Goat Willow
- Salix cinerea - Grey Willow
- Salix viminalis - Osier
Ulmaceae - Elm Family
- Ulmus glabra - Wych Elm
- Ulmus procera - English Elm - Antinian Elm - Common Elm

Larval Food Plants

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Type Species - AGROCHOLA::

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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Xyleninae
Xylenini
AGROCHOLA Hübner,[1821]
Sunira Franclemont, 1950
Agrochola (Sunira) circellaris (Hufnagel, 1766)
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Noctua pistacina ([Denis & Schiffermüller,]1775)
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PHALAENA circellaris (Hufnagel, 1766)
= Noctua ferruginea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
= Bombyx fuscago Esper, 1786
= Noctua undata Vieweg, 1790
= Phalaena (Noctua) undosa Borkhausen, 1792
= Agrochola (Sunira) circellaris
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Berlin. Magazin. 3 (4) : Title Page : p.404 - n.79
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Germany - Berlin Region