Epiblema foenella

Tortricidae : Olethreutinae

Epiblema foenella

EPIBLEMA foenella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Life Cycle Guide

Description

Vernacular Name: White-foot Bell
Wingspan: 17-26mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (Excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyrus,Ireland,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,
Sardinia,Sicily and Ukraine)
UK Distribution: England - common throughout : Wales and north west England - local : Scotland - scarce
UK Conservation Status -

Common = > 300 10km squares

European Conservation Status -

Least Concern

Original Species Name -

Phalaena foenella Linnaeus, 1758

Type Species - Epiblema

Phalaena foenella Linnaeus, 1758

Type Locality -

Europe

Flight Period: Mid June - September - univoltine
Habitat: Waste Ground : Marshes : Riverbanks : Coastal Cliffs : Open Woodland
Similar Species -

None

Larva: Larva feeds within stema and roots of host plants
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A fairly easy moth to identify with reddish brown forewings and very distinctive reversed white "C" mark which starts dorsally at the base and finishes just above the tornus.The mark often contains three or four black or brown dots.The mark,although normally shining white can be extended and sometimes suffused grey as in the photos below.A brown tuft sits above the thorax.
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.

Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Anthemis tinctoria - Dyer's Chamomile
- Artemisia abrotanum - Southerwood
- Artemesia vulgaris - Mugwort
- Carduus macrocephalus - Giant Thistle

Larval Food Plants

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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricoidea
Tortricidae
Olethreutinae
Eucosmini
EPIBLEMA Hübner, [1825]
Epiblema foenella (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Phalaena foenella Linnaeus, 1758
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PHALAENA foenella (Linnaeus, 1758)
= Epiblema foenellum
= Epiblema accentana Caradja 1916
= Epiblema acclivilla Uffeln 1912
= Epiblema albrechtella Meyer 1911
= Epiblema circumflexa Caradja 1916
= Grapholitha clavigerana Walker, 1863
= Epiblema confluens Wörz 1953
= Epiblema divisa Wörz 1953
= Epiblema effusana Uffeln 1912
= Tortrix foeneana Haworth, 1811
= Epiblema fracta Popescu-Gorj 1965
= Epiblema fuscata Wörz 1953
= Phalaena hochenwartiana Scopoli, 1772
= Phalaena interrogationana Donovan, 1792
= Epiblema interrupta Wörz 1953
= Tortrix scopoliana Schiffermüller, 1775
= Epiblema separana Krulikovski 1905
= Sciaphila sinicana Walker, 1863
= Tortrix tibialana Hübner, 1796
= Epiblema trapezoidalis Popescu-Gorj 1965
= Epiblema unicolor Uffeln 1912
= Epiblema unicolorana Klemensiewicz 1906
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Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.536 - n.248
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Europe