Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Dichrorampha petiverella
DICHRORAMPHA petiverella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dichrorampha petiverella
DICHRORAMPHA petiverella (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Common Drill
Wingspan: 10-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bugaria,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia & Ukraine) : Palearctic Ecozone
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain but local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Grasslands : Rough Ground
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewing is dark brown with a narrow curved dorsal blotch centrally positioned along wing at one half which is typical of this species,dense yellow brown speckling with a few creamy marks on the costa before the apex and a terminal line consisting a series of black dots. The male has a costal fold reaching about one third.
Although similar to D.sequana this creamy white,wider dorsal blotch is not curved but perpendicular to the dorsum.
The moth flies around food plant in sunshine and occasionally is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 10-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bugaria,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia & Ukraine) : Palearctic Ecozone
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain but local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena petiverella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Grapholitha plumbagana (Treitschke, 1830)
- Europe - Sweden
Habitat: Grasslands : Rough Ground
Similar Species -
- Dichrorampha sequana (Hübner, [1799])
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewing is dark brown with a narrow curved dorsal blotch centrally positioned along wing at one half which is typical of this species,dense yellow brown speckling with a few creamy marks on the costa before the apex and a terminal line consisting a series of black dots. The male has a costal fold reaching about one third.
Although similar to D.sequana this creamy white,wider dorsal blotch is not curved but perpendicular to the dorsum.
The moth flies around food plant in sunshine and occasionally 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
- Achillea millefolium - Yarrow (Roots)
- Tanacetum vulgare - Tansy (Roots)
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 petiverella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Grapholitha plumbagana (Treitschke, 1830) - PHALAENA petiverella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Tinea albinella Linnaeus, 1758 = Pyralis iaquiniana Fabricius, 1787 = Phalaena jaquiniana Schiffermüller, 1776 = Tortrix montana Hübner, 1796 = Tortrix petiverana Haworth, 1811 = Dichrorampha slavana Caradja 1916 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.540 - n.283 - Europe - Sweden |