Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Gypsonoma oppressana
GYPSONOMA oppressana (Treitschke, 1835)
Gypsonoma oppressana
GYPSONOMA oppressana (Treitschke, 1835)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Poplar Shoot
Wingspan: 12 - 15mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Channel Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,
Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia & Ukraine) : Transcaucasia to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
UK Distribution: Scarce in north west England
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland Rides : Suburban Habitats : Parkland Habitats
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewing of this moth is very straight along he termen and is rounded at the apex,it is covered in white with light brown markings across the full wing. There are black markings across the dorsum towards the front,centrally up from the costa at the centre and markings along the rear just in from the termen.
A Nationally Scarce B Moth under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
Can be seen at Poplar trunks,flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 12 - 15mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - ( Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Channel Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,
Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia & Ukraine) : Transcaucasia to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
UK Distribution: Scarce in north west England
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Control
- Paedisca oppressana (Treitschke, 1835)
- Tortrix dealbana (Frölich, 1828)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland Rides : Suburban Habitats : Parkland Habitats
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewing of this moth is very straight along he termen and is rounded at the apex,it is covered in white with light brown markings across the full wing. There are black markings across the dorsum towards the front,centrally up from the costa at the centre and markings along the rear just in from the termen.
A Nationally Scarce B Moth under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
Can be seen at Poplar trunks,flies at dusk 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.
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Populus alba - White Poplar (Buds)
- Populus canadensis - Golden Carolina Poplar (Buds)
- Populus nigra - Black Poplar/Lombardy Poplar (Buds)
- Populus alba - White Poplar (Buds)
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - GYPSONOMA: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
--Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Eucosmini GYPSONOMA Meyrick, 1895 Gypsonoma oppressana (Treitschke, 1835) - Tortrix dealbana (Frölich, 1828) - PAEDISCA oppressana (Treitschke, 1835) - Die schmetterlinge von Europa / Oschsenheimer,Ferdinand,1767 - 1822 & Treitschke,Georg Friedrich, 1776 - 1842 : Title Page : p.95 & 96 - Not Specified |