Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Eucosma cana
EUCOSMA cana (Haworth, 1811)
Eucosma cana
EUCOSMA cana (Haworth, 1811)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Hoary Bell
Wingspan: 16-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus & Ukraine) : China : Japan : Central Asia & Kazakhstan
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Chalk & Limestone Grasslands : Meadows : Waste Ground : Coastal Cliffs : Vegetated Shingle
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewings are greyish or darkish brown suffused with whitish brown in the dorsal area with the dark coloration forming longitdinal striation in the discal area. The costal streaks are sometimes fused, ,forming a whitish costal streak before the apex as seen below.
This moth is very similar to E.hohenwartiana although the similar species lacks the longitudinal striation and the background colour is not as pale.
The moth flies from late afternoon and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 16-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus & Ukraine) : China : Japan : Central Asia & Kazakhstan
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix cana (Haworth, 1811)
- Eucosma circulana Hübner, 1823
- Not Specified
Habitat: Chalk & Limestone Grasslands : Meadows : Waste Ground : Coastal Cliffs : Vegetated Shingle
Similar Species -
- Eucosma hohenwartiana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewings are greyish or darkish brown suffused with whitish brown in the dorsal area with the dark coloration forming longitdinal striation in the discal area. The costal streaks are sometimes fused, ,forming a whitish costal streak before the apex as seen below.
This moth is very similar to E.hohenwartiana although the similar species lacks the longitudinal striation and the background colour is not as pale.
The moth flies from late afternoon and 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.
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.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed
- Cirsium vulgare - Common Thistle - Spear Thistle
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Eucosmini EUCOSMA Hübner, 1823 Eucosma cana (Haworth, 1811) - Eucosma circulana Hübner, 1823 - TORTRIX cana (Haworth, 1811) = Tortrix hohenwartiana Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Tortrix monetulana Hübner, 1811/18 = Catoptria carduana Guenée, 1845 = Eucosma subvittana (Staudinger, 1892) - Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.456 - n.197 - Not Specified |