Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Bud Moth
SPILONOTA ocellana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Bud Moth
SPILONOTA ocellana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Names - Eye-spotted Budmoth
Wingspan: 12-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Iran,eastern Russia,China,Korea and Japan: N America - from southern Canada & Northern USA to Carolina,Ohio and California.
UK Distribution: Quite common and well distributed over much of Great Britain but more local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat:
Similar Species -
Larva: The larva is polyphagous feeding on a wide variety of host plants.The early instar larva feed on leaves before overwintering in a hibernaculum feeding again in the spring on buds leaves and blossom making it a pest in many orchards where apple and cherry are preferred.The 10mm final instar larva is grey to dark reddish brown.
Pupa: Pupates in a leaf nest near the host plant
Overwinters as: Early stage larva
Observations: The moth which is greyish brown is variable, coming in light and dark forms.The basal area is blackish brown to the antemedial line and there is a triangular patch on the dorsum in the proximity of the tornus.
The ocellus is elongated and edged towards the termen side in a metallic greyish blue and a further patch above the ocellus on the basal side joining the triangular patch mentioned earlier.There are also about three or four black horizontal dashes within the ocellus.
The area between the median fascia,the postmedian fascia and preterminal fascia is usually white or in dark individual it is grey.
The male does not have a costal fold.
The moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 12-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe to Iran,eastern Russia,China,Korea and Japan: N America - from southern Canada & Northern USA to Carolina,Ohio and California.
UK Distribution: Quite common and well distributed over much of Great Britain but more local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10Km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tortrix) ocellana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Tortrix comitana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat:
Similar Species -
Larva: The larva is polyphagous feeding on a wide variety of host plants.The early instar larva feed on leaves before overwintering in a hibernaculum feeding again in the spring on buds leaves and blossom making it a pest in many orchards where apple and cherry are preferred.The 10mm final instar larva is grey to dark reddish brown.
Pupa: Pupates in a leaf nest near the host plant
Overwinters as: Early stage larva
Observations: The moth which is greyish brown is variable, coming in light and dark forms.The basal area is blackish brown to the antemedial line and there is a triangular patch on the dorsum in the proximity of the tornus.
The ocellus is elongated and edged towards the termen side in a metallic greyish blue and a further patch above the ocellus on the basal side joining the triangular patch mentioned earlier.There are also about three or four black horizontal dashes within the ocellus.
The area between the median fascia,the postmedian fascia and preterminal fascia is usually white or in dark individual it is grey.
The male does not have a costal fold.
The moth is 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.
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Alnus glutinosa - Alder
- Alnus japonica - Japanese Alder
- Alnus viridis - American Green Alder
- Betula populifoli - Grey Birch
- Betula pubescens - Downy Birch
- Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam
- Elaeagnaceae - Oleaster Family
- Hippophae rhamnoides - Sea Buckthorn
- Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family
- Euphorbia paralias - Sea Spurge
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Quercus garryana - Oregon White Oak
- Fagus grandifolia - American Beech
- Myricaceae - Wax-myrtle Family
- Myrica gale - Bog Myrtle
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Larix decidua - Larch
- Larix kaempferi - Japanese Larch
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Chaenomeles japonica - Dwarf Quince - Maule's Quince
- Chaenomeles speciosa - Japanaese Quince
- Crataegus rhipidophylla - No Common Name
- Cydonia oblonga - Quince
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Malus sylvestris - Crab Apple
- Prunus domestica - Bullace - Plum
- Prunus mume -Japanese Apricot
- Prunus pennsylvanica - Pin Cherry
- Prunus persica - Peach
- Prunus salicina - Japanese Plum - Chinese Plum
- Prunus serrulata - Yamazakura
- Pyrus communis - Wild Pear
- Rosa carolina - Pasture Rose - Carolina Rose
- Rubus fruticosus - Bramble - Blackberry
- Sorbus aucuparia - Mountain Ash - Rowan
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Anacardiaceae - Rhus - Sumac
- Betulaceae - Corylus - Hazel
- Ericaceae - Kalmia - Laurel
- Juglandaceae - Juglans - Walnut
- Pinaceae - Picea - Spruce
- Rosaceae - Cotoneaster , Crataegus - Hawthorn
- Salicaceae - Salix - Willow
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Eucosmini SPILONOTA Stephens,1829 Spilonota ocellana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - Tortrix comitana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) sensu Hübner,1799 - PHALAENA (Tortrix) ocellana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) = pyrifoliana (Clemens, 1860) = oculana (Harris, 1862) - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend,herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k. k. Theresianum. - pp. [1], 1-322, [1], Tab. 1a-1b. Wien : Title Page : p.130 - n 7 - Austria - near Vienna |