Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Zeiraphera isertana
ZEIRAPHERA isertana (Fabricius, 1794)
Zeiraphera isertana
ZEIRAPHERA isertana (Fabricius, 1794)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Cock's-head Bell
Wingspan: 13-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Ukraine) : Near East : China
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles although local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Parkland : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species -
Observations: Forewing is blackish or blackish brown with whitish or greyish markings the most distinctive of these being the dorsal blotch, centrally along the wing,which does not extend beyond the centre of the narrow wing.The forewing is sometimes heavily suffused yellowish brown,brown or yellowish grey where the markings can be obscure.
The similar species Z.griseana is a larger moth where the identifying dorsal blotch extends further than this moth almost as far as the costa.
The moth flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 13-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Greece,Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Ukraine) : Near East : China
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles although local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Pyralis isertana (Fabricius, 1794)
- Tortrix corticana Schiffermüller, sensu Hübner, 1813
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Parkland : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species -
- Larch Tortrix - Zeiraphera griseana - (Hübner, [1799])
Observations: Forewing is blackish or blackish brown with whitish or greyish markings the most distinctive of these being the dorsal blotch, centrally along the wing,which does not extend beyond the centre of the narrow wing.The forewing is sometimes heavily suffused yellowish brown,brown or yellowish grey where the markings can be obscure.
The similar species Z.griseana is a larger moth where the identifying dorsal blotch extends further than this moth almost as far as the costa.
The moth flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva feed on Quercus (Oak) living between leaves spun together with silk
Larva feed on Quercus (Oak) living between leaves spun together with silk
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Eucosmini ZEIRAPHERA Treitschke 1829 Zeiraphera isertana (Fabricius, 1794) - Tortrix corticana Schiffermüller, sensu Hübner, 1813 - PYRALIS isertana (Fabricius, 1794) = Zeiraphera communana (Fabricius, 1794) = Zeiraphera cuiviana (Fabricius, 1794) = Tortrix adustana Hübner, 1813 = Tortrix corticana Hübner, 1813 = Epinotia kuhlweiniana Hübner, 1816 = Zeiraphera licheana Treitschke 1829 = Zeiraphera nigricans (Sorhagen, 1882) = Zeiraphera steiniana (Sorhagen, 1882) = Eucosma wautersi Dufrane, 1955 - Entomologia Systematica emendata Et Aucta: Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Aadjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus; 3.2: : Title Page : p.281 - n.163 - Not Specified |