Noctuidae : Nocuinae
Great Brocade
EUROIS occulta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Great Brocade
EUROIS occulta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide - Green/Grey - Europe : Grey - UK
Description
Wingspan:
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Croatia,Greece,Portugal,Slovenia & most Mediterranean Islands eastwards to Siberia : Caucasus : C.Asia : Mongolia : China : Tibet : Korea : Japan : N America - Alaska, Alberta, Saskatchevan, Ontario, S.Canada, Newfoundland, New Yersey, Maryland, N.Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, Oregon, Rocky Mountains, New Mexico, Arizona, California.
UK Distribution: C & W Highlands Scotland to W coasts - Resident : Nationally scarce elsewhere through England,Wales and Scotland - small numbers : Ireland,Isle of Man - infrequent immigrant : Channel Isles - rare.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Scrubby Moorland : Broadleaved Woodland : Pine Forest
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a silken cocoon beneath the soil
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The moth has relatively long and narrow forewings which help to identify this moth from similar dark noctuids.
The moth has two longitudinal black streaks in the basal region.
Resident populations are darker than those seen in Europe which are grey.
The similar species P.nebulosa has a more rounded orbicular spot and a paler hindwing.
Moth is attracted to light and sugar.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Croatia,Greece,Portugal,Slovenia & most Mediterranean Islands eastwards to Siberia : Caucasus : C.Asia : Mongolia : China : Tibet : Korea : Japan : N America - Alaska, Alberta, Saskatchevan, Ontario, S.Canada, Newfoundland, New Yersey, Maryland, N.Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, Oregon, Rocky Mountains, New Mexico, Arizona, California.
UK Distribution: C & W Highlands Scotland to W coasts - Resident : Nationally scarce elsewhere through England,Wales and Scotland - small numbers : Ireland,Isle of Man - infrequent immigrant : Channel Isles - rare.
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena occulta Linnaeus, 1758
- Phalaena occulta Linnaeus, 1758
- Europe
Habitat: Scrubby Moorland : Broadleaved Woodland : Pine Forest
Similar Species -
- Grey Arches - Polia nebulosa - (Hufnagel, 1766)
Pupa: Pupates in a silken cocoon beneath the soil
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The moth has relatively long and narrow forewings which help to identify this moth from similar dark noctuids.
The moth has two longitudinal black streaks in the basal region.
Resident populations are darker than those seen in Europe which are grey.
The similar species P.nebulosa has a more rounded orbicular spot and a paler hindwing.
Moth is attracted to light and sugar.
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.
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Alnus incana - Grey Alder
- Crassulaceae - Orpine Family
- Sedum spurium - Caucasian Stonecrop
- Sedum telephium - Orpine - Live-forever Stonecrop
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Vaccinium angustifolium - Low Sweet Blueberry
- Vaccinium myrtilloides - Sourtop Blueberry
- Vaccinium myrtilus - Bilberry - Blue Whortleberry
- Vaccinium uliginosum - Bog Bilberry - Northern Bilberry
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Lathyrus pratensis - Meadow Vetchling - Meadow Pea
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Thymus polytrichus ssp britanicus - Wild Thyme
- Thymus polytrichus ssp britanicus - Wild Thyme
- Myricaceae - Wax-myrtle Family
- Myrica gale - Bog Myrtle
- Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family
- Epilobium angustifolium - Rosebay Willow-herb
- Pinaceae - Pine Family
- Larix laricina - Tamarack
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Prunus padus - Bird Cherry - Hackberry
- Spiraea alba - White Meadowsweet
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
- Populus tremuloides - American Aspen-Poplar
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae Noctuini EUROIS Hübner, [1821] Eurois occulta (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena occulta Linnaeus, 1758 - PHALAENA occulta Linnaeus, 1758 = Eurois occultus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Noctua) occulta Linnaeus, 1758 = Hadena extricata Zetterstedt, [1839] = Polia prolixa Zetterstedt, [1839] = Polia puncticosta Zetterstedt, [1839] - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.514 n.101 - Europe - E.o.implicata (Lefebvre, 1836) - Greenland |