Geometridae : Larentiinae
Barred Tooth-striped
TRICHOPTERYX polycommata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Barred Tooth-striped
TRICHOPTERYX polycommata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 33 - 36mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Canary Isles,Channel Isles,Croatia,Denmark,Greece,Ireland,Portugal,Sicily & most Mediterranean Islands - to Caucasus
UK Distribution:
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open Scrub on Chalk Downs : Hedgerows : Woodland Edges
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon beneath soil
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The main diagnostic feature of this moth is the brown median band which divides half way across the forewing .The forewing is broad with rounded costa, tapering towards the apex.The background colour varies between light to dark grey-brown with a subtermial line in white which stops at what appears to be faded apial stripes in the same colour. The basal line is thin,wavy and brown.Dark brown,almost black venation appears randomly across the forewing.
The moth flies at dusk and sometimes is attracted to the moth trap.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Canary Isles,Channel Isles,Croatia,Denmark,Greece,Ireland,Portugal,Sicily & most Mediterranean Islands - to Caucasus
UK Distribution:
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce A (Na - BAP : 1980-1993) = 16 - 30 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Geometra) polycommata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Geometra lobulata Hübner, [1813]
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Open Scrub on Chalk Downs : Hedgerows : Woodland Edges
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon beneath soil
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The main diagnostic feature of this moth is the brown median band which divides half way across the forewing .The forewing is broad with rounded costa, tapering towards the apex.The background colour varies between light to dark grey-brown with a subtermial line in white which stops at what appears to be faded apial stripes in the same colour. The basal line is thin,wavy and brown.Dark brown,almost black venation appears randomly across the forewing.
The moth flies at dusk and sometimes is attracted to the moth trap.
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.
- Aceraceae - Maple Family
- Acer campestre - Field Maple
- Oleceae - Mesophytic Shrubs - Trees - Vines
- Fraxinus excelsior - Ash
- Ligustrum vulgare - Common Privet - European Privet
- Syringa vulgaris - Lilac
- Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family
- Lonicera caerulea - Blue-berried Honeysuckle
- Lonicera nigra - Black Honeysuckle
- Lonicera xylosteum - Twinberry-Dwarf Honeysuckle
- Symphoricarpos albus laevigatus - Snowberry
- Ulmaceae - Elm Family
- Ulmus minor var. minor - East Anglian Elm - Narrow-leaved Elm
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 TRICHOPTERYX: Original Species Name: Nominotypical subspecies: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Subspecies: Forms: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Trichopterygini TRICHOPTERYX Hübner [1825] Trichopteryx polycommata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Geometra lobulata Hübner, [1813] - PHALAENA (Geometra) polycommata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Geometra polycommata polycommata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.109 - n.8 - Austria - near Vienna - T.p.pollycommata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Nominate Subspecies T.p.grisea (Djakonov, 1926) - N.Urals, Altai, Sayan, NE.Kazakhstan, Kamchatka T.p.anna Inoue, 1957 - T.p.f.pallida Lempke, 1969 - background whitish - rest normal T.p.f.prospicua Prout, 1914 - background whitish,median line very dark,markings feint T.p.f.uniformata Lempke, 1969 - background light grey-brown,markings unclear. T.p.f.approximata Lempke, 1969 - central line squeezed narrower |