Tortricidae : Olethruetinae
Cydia splendana
CYDIA splendana (Hübner,[1799])
Cydia splendana
CYDIA splendana (Hübner,[1799])
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Names: Marbled Piercer : Acorn Moth
Wingspan: 12-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Common over much of great Britain but local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Hedgerows
Similar Species:-
Pupa: End May-June
Overwinters as: Larva in a cocoon
Observations: The Codling Moth,whose larvae are known as "The worm in the Apple Moth" is similar to this species,especially the darker specimens, but is recognised by a dark brown short traverse line on the rear of the forewing and the large distinct coppery ocellus.
The forewing is greyish,speckled in lighter grey with a clear whitish median band and a large ocellus that is metallic plate looking towards the base and has four or five black horizontal dashes towards the termen.
The moth flies at dusk and is a regular visitor to the moth trap.
Wingspan: 12-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Common over much of great Britain but local in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix splendana Hübner, 1799
- Phalaena pomonella Linnaeus, 1758
- Not specified
Habitat: Woodland : Gardens : Hedgerows
Similar Species:-
- Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Linnaeus, 1758
Pupa: End May-June
Overwinters as: Larva in a cocoon
Observations: The Codling Moth,whose larvae are known as "The worm in the Apple Moth" is similar to this species,especially the darker specimens, but is recognised by a dark brown short traverse line on the rear of the forewing and the large distinct coppery ocellus.
The forewing is greyish,speckled in lighter grey with a clear whitish median band and a large ocellus that is metallic plate looking towards the base and has four or five black horizontal dashes towards the termen.
The moth flies at dusk and is a regular visitor to the moth trap.
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.
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut
- Quercus petraea - Sessile Oak
- Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak - Common Oak
- Juglandaceae - Walnut Family
- Juglans regia - Walnut
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Grapholitini CYDIA Hübner, [1825] Cydia splendana (Hübner, [1799]) - Phalaena pomonella Linnaeus, 1758 - TORTRIX splendana Hübner, 1799 = Tortrix penkleriana Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Cydia triangulella Goeze, 1783 = Tinea bicolorana Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785 = Tortrix glandella Schrank, 1802 = Carpocapsa reaumurana Heinemann, 1863 = Tortrix pencleriana Werneburg, 1864 = Tinea bicolorata Vives Moreno, 1991 = Laspeyresia splendana - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 Lepidoptera V11 : Tortricea 11 : p.6 - n.31 - Not Specified |