Geometridae : Archiearinae
Light Orange Underwing
BOUDINOTIANA notha (Hübner,[1803])
Light Orange Underwing
BOUDINOTIANA notha (Hübner,[1803])
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 35-39mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Ussuri,along Russian-Chinese border and Japan : Caucasus : N.Turkey : Possibly Labrador,northern territory of Canada
UK Distribution: As a Nationally Scarce B species the moth is restricted to southern England south of the Wash and east of the river Severn.The moth is less numerous than its similar species the Orange Underwing.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Mature woodland where mature Aspen catkins are present
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates overwinter by spinning into soft bark
Overwinters as : Overwinters as a pupa.
Observations: Although similar to the Orange Underwing Archiearis parthenias (Linnaeus, 1761) this moth is generally smaller with markings on the forewings less variegated and white cross band missing. The male antennae are slightly feathered or pectinate where the similar species has a finely serrated antennae.
The dark outer band on the hindwing on the underside is unbroken and the moth flies two weeks later than its similar species.
This moth prefers mature catkin bearing Aspen, whilst the Orange Underwing prefers Birch although in many instances the two moths fly together making it very difficult to identify this scarcer moth.
The moth is a day flyer and can often be seen flying round the tops of Aspen, although the best way to encounter this moth is when they descend to the floor along a woodland ride, although in my experience this moth is not an easy one to photograph having extremely fast reactions to the sound of the shutter button, even before its fully pressed.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Ussuri,along Russian-Chinese border and Japan : Caucasus : N.Turkey : Possibly Labrador,northern territory of Canada
UK Distribution: As a Nationally Scarce B species the moth is restricted to southern England south of the Wash and east of the river Severn.The moth is less numerous than its similar species the Orange Underwing.
UK Conservation Status -
- Notable ( Nb-1980/93 ) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Noctua notha Hübner, 1803
- Not specified
- Not Specified
Habitat: Mature woodland where mature Aspen catkins are present
Similar Species -
- Orange Underwing Archiearis parthenias (Linnaeus, 1761)
Pupa: Pupates overwinter by spinning into soft bark
Overwinters as : Overwinters as a pupa.
Observations: Although similar to the Orange Underwing Archiearis parthenias (Linnaeus, 1761) this moth is generally smaller with markings on the forewings less variegated and white cross band missing. The male antennae are slightly feathered or pectinate where the similar species has a finely serrated antennae.
The dark outer band on the hindwing on the underside is unbroken and the moth flies two weeks later than its similar species.
This moth prefers mature catkin bearing Aspen, whilst the Orange Underwing prefers Birch although in many instances the two moths fly together making it very difficult to identify this scarcer moth.
The moth is a day flyer and can often be seen flying round the tops of Aspen, although the best way to encounter this moth is when they descend to the floor along a woodland ride, although in my experience this moth is not an easy one to photograph having extremely fast reactions to the sound of the shutter button, even before its fully pressed.
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.
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Populus nigra - Black Poplar - Lombardy Poplar
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Archiearinae BOUDINOTIANA Leraut, 2003 Boudinotiana notha (Hübner, [1803]) - NOCTUA notha (Hübner, [1803]) = Archiearis notha (Hubner, [1803]) = Brephos notha - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 : Lepidoptera 1V : Noctua 111 : pl. 74 - n.343-344 - Not Specified - B.n.f.cuprina Cockayne, 1952 - forewing has copper tinge B.n.f.obscura Cockayne, 1952 - forewing very dark - B.n.suifunensis Kardakoff, 1928 - Ussuri river area,N E China - SE Siberia B.n.okanoi Inoue, 1958 - Japan |