Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Eucosma campoliliana
EUCOSMA campoliliana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Eucosma campoliliana
EUCOSMA campoliliana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Marbled Bell
Wingspan: 13-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Common : More local in northern England and Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open woodland : Chalk downland : Coastal areas : Waste ground
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observation: The E.campoliliana is a distinctive white(sometimes tinged grey)base colour moth with a black dorsal mark at about one third and another dorsal black mark tinged with orange at about three quarters along the wing. The ocellus is contains two or three black dashes.
The costa has a reddish brown marks along the wing with black marks near the apex.
The moth can be disturbed from vegetation during the day, but normally flies from late evening and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 13-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Common : More local in northern England and Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix campoliliana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Eucosma circulana Hübner, 1823
- Austria-Near Vienna
Habitat: Open woodland : Chalk downland : Coastal areas : Waste ground
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observation: The E.campoliliana is a distinctive white(sometimes tinged grey)base colour moth with a black dorsal mark at about one third and another dorsal black mark tinged with orange at about three quarters along the wing. The ocellus is contains two or three black dashes.
The costa has a reddish brown marks along the wing with black marks near the apex.
The moth can be disturbed from vegetation during the day, but normally flies from late evening 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.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Senicia jacobaea - Common Ragwort
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 campoliliana ([Denis & Schiffermülle], 1775) - Eucosma circulana Hübner, 1823 - TORTRIX campoliliana Denis & Schiffermüller 1775 = Eucosma nigromaculana Haworth, 1811 - 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.318 - n.38 - Austria-near Vienna |