Noctuidae : Xyleninae
Deep-brown Dart
APOROPHYLA (Phylapora) lutulenta ([Dennis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Deep-brown Dart
APOROPHYLA (Phylapora) lutulenta ([Dennis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 38-42mm
Worldwide Distribution: Southern & Central Europe : Caucasus : Turkey : Black Sea
UK Distribution: Well distributed in Southern England south of the Midlands : Channel Isles - rare
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat:
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in loose or sandy soil
Overwinters as: Small larva
Observations: The moth is usually deep brownish grey or blackish with broad wings and a virtually straight costa whilst the termen tapers towards the apex.
Markings for this moth usually vary with the forewing colour difference but often have a clearly defined median area with antemedian and postmedian lines feint in white or missing altogether
The moth is attracted to light and can be found at the moth trap in small numbers.
Also attracted to sugar they are to be found at ivy flowers and blackberries.
Worldwide Distribution: Southern & Central Europe : Caucasus : Turkey : Black Sea
UK Distribution: Well distributed in Southern England south of the Midlands : Channel Isles - rare
UK Conservation Status -
- Common => 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Noctua) lutulenta ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Xylina australis Boisduval, 1829
- Austria - Vienna Region
Habitat:
Similar Species -
- Northern Deep-brown Dart - Aporophyla lueneburgensis (Freyer, 1848)
Pupa: Pupates in loose or sandy soil
Overwinters as: Small larva
Observations: The moth is usually deep brownish grey or blackish with broad wings and a virtually straight costa whilst the termen tapers towards the apex.
Markings for this moth usually vary with the forewing colour difference but often have a clearly defined median area with antemedian and postmedian lines feint in white or missing altogether
The moth is attracted to light and can be found at the moth trap in small numbers.
Also attracted to sugar they are to be found at ivy flowers and blackberries.
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.
- Brassicaceae - Mustards - Mustard Flowers - Cabbage Family
- Capsella bursa-pastoris - Shepherd's Purse
- Dipsacaceae - Teasel Family
- Knautia arvensis - Field Scabious
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Calluna vulgaris - Common Heather - Ling
- Poaceae - Gramineae - True Grasses Family
- Poa annua - Annual Meadow Grass
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Rumex acetosella - Sheeps Sorrel
- Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel
- Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe (Britain)
- Rubiaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Galium verum - Lady's Bedstraw
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Asparagaceae - Anthericum
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Senecio - Ragwort
- Boraginaceae - Myosotis - Forget-me-not
- Caryophyllaceae - Stellaria - Chickweed
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - Cytisus - Broom
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - Mentha - Mint
- Poaceae - Gramineae - Molinia - Moor Grass
- Rosaceae - Crataegus - Hawthorn - Potentilla
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Galium verum - Lady's Bedstraw
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Subgenus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - APOROPHYLA Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xyleninae Xylenini APOROPHYLA Guenée 1841 Phylapora Berio 1980 Aporophyla (Phylapora) lutulenta ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - Xylina australis Boisduval, 1829 - PHALAENA (Noctua) lutulenta ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) = Agrotis tripuncta Freyer, 1848 = sodata Kovács, 1951 = Aporophyla (Phylapora) lutulenta - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.81 - n. 16 - Austria - Vienna Region |