Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Dichrorampha alpinana
DICHRORAMPHA alpinana (Treitschke, 1830)
Dichrorampha alpinana
DICHRORAMPHA alpinana (Treitschke, 1830)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Venacular Name: Broad-blotch Drill
Wingspan: 13-15mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - not Portugal,Croatia,Greece and the Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: England to Cumbria and Yorkshire - Common and widespread : N England - local : Scotland - scarce
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Calcareous grassland : Meadows : Gardens : Roadside verges
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The dorsal blotch on this moth is usually contrasting yellow - yellow orange and is slightly curved as can be seen in the above photo.The hindwing is dark brown and paler at the base.
The male of the similar species Dichrorampha flavidorsana Knaggs, 1867 has a costal fold to one third (whereas this moth has the fold to one half), a slightly narrower dorsal cross band and dark brown hindwing. The female of this species can only be separated by genitalia examination.
This moth is brown with bright speckling from apex along costa to one third in yellow to yellow orange and a yellow to yellow orange band that curves from dorsum to the middle of the wing.There are a series of black dots along the termen.
The moth shown below was found in my garden and was seen flying regularly in the mid afternoon sunshine although I never found it on the Oxe-eye Daisy,preferring Buddleja or Purple Loosestrife.
The moth it is attracted to light but I never found it at the moth trap.
Wingspan: 13-15mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - not Portugal,Croatia,Greece and the Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: England to Cumbria and Yorkshire - Common and widespread : N England - local : Scotland - scarce
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300-10km squares
- Grapholitha alpinana (Treitschke, 1830)
- Grapholitha alpinana (Treitschke, 1830)
- Subsequent designation by Fernald , 1908. Genera Tortricidae Types : 33, 56.
Habitat: Calcareous grassland : Meadows : Gardens : Roadside verges
Similar Species -
- Dichrorampha flavidorsana Knaggs, 1867
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The dorsal blotch on this moth is usually contrasting yellow - yellow orange and is slightly curved as can be seen in the above photo.The hindwing is dark brown and paler at the base.
The male of the similar species Dichrorampha flavidorsana Knaggs, 1867 has a costal fold to one third (whereas this moth has the fold to one half), a slightly narrower dorsal cross band and dark brown hindwing. The female of this species can only be separated by genitalia examination.
This moth is brown with bright speckling from apex along costa to one third in yellow to yellow orange and a yellow to yellow orange band that curves from dorsum to the middle of the wing.There are a series of black dots along the termen.
The moth shown below was found in my garden and was seen flying regularly in the mid afternoon sunshine although I never found it on the Oxe-eye Daisy,preferring Buddleja or Purple Loosestrife.
The moth it is attracted to light but I never found it at the moth trap.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - larvae feed on the roots of the plants described below
Note - larvae feed on the roots of the plants described below
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
- Achillea millefolium - Yarrow
- Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-eye Daisy
- Taraxacum officinale - Common Dandelion
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Grapholitini Dichrorampha Guenée, 1845 Dichrorampha alpinana (Treitschke, 1830) - Grapholitha plumbagana (Treitschke, 1830) - GRAPHOLITHA alpinana (Treitschke, 1830) = questionana Zeller 1878 - Treitschke, 1830,Die schmetterlinge von Europa v.8 : Title Page : p.230 - n.21 - Grapholitha - Subsequent designation by Fernald , 1908. Genera Tortricidae Types : 33, 56. - Not Specified |