Phycitodes saxicola | |
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Phycitodes saxicola Moscow Oblast | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Phycitodes |
Species: | P. saxicola |
Binomial name | |
Phycitodes saxicola (Vaughan, 1870) | |
Synonyms | |
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Phycitodes saxicola, the small clouded knot-horn, is a species of snout moth described by Vaughan in 1870. [1] It is found in most of Europe (except Poland, Ukraine and the western part of the Balkan Peninsula), [2] as well as Iran, Morocco and the Canary Islands. [1]
The wingspan is 12–19 mm. [3] It is very similar to other Phycitodes . Certain identification is by microscopic examination of the genitalia. [4] [5]
Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. [6]
The larvae feed on the flower heads of various Asteraceae species, including Achillea millefolium , Senecio (such as Senecio jacobaea ), Anthemis , Jasione and Tanacetum species.
Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea, is a very common wild flower in the family Asteraceae that is native to northern Eurasia, usually in dry, open places, and has also been widely distributed as a weed elsewhere.
Senecio vulgaris, often known by the common names groundsel and old-man-in-the-spring, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an annual herb, native to the Palaearctic and widely naturalised as a ruderal species in suitable disturbed habitats worldwide.
The cinnabar moth is a brightly coloured arctiid moth found as a native species in Europe and western and central Asia then east across the Palearctic to Siberia to China. It has been introduced into New Zealand, Australia and North America to control ragwort, on which its larvae feed. The moth is named after the red mineral cinnabar because of the red patches on its predominantly black wings. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Cinnabar moths are about 20 mm (0.79 in) long and have a wingspan of 32–42 mm (1.3–1.7 in).
The wormwood pug is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. It is a common species across the Palearctic region as well as North America.
The common pug is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species across the Palearctic region, including the Near East and North Africa. It ranges from the Atlantic coast of Ireland and Portugal across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia to the Russian Far East (Priamurje) and Korea.
The buff ermine is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Spilosoma. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found throughout the temperate belt of the Palearctic region south to northern Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, eastern Mongolia, Amur Region, China, Korea and Japan.
Euplagia quadripunctaria, the Jersey tiger, or Spanish flag, is a diurnal moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761. The adult wingspan is 52–65 millimetres (2.0–2.6 in), and they fly from July to September, depending on the location. They tend to fly close to Eupatorium cannabinum.
Thalera fimbrialis, the Sussex emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae, found in Europe and across the Palearctic to the area surrounding the Amur River in China. It was described by the Italian physician and naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763.
Homoeosoma nimbella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe.
Eupithecia satyrata, the satyr pug, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found from Ireland, through northern and central Europe east to all of Russia and central Asia and western Siberia to Tibet. It is also present in North Africa and North America.
Phycitodes reliquella is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is known from North America where it is widely distributed in the east, including Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Ontario.
Phycitodes is a genus of snout moths described by George Hampson in 1917.
Phycitodes albatella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe, Uzbekistan and North America.
Phycitodes binaevella is a species of snout moth described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found in most of Europe, Asia Minor, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories.
Phycitodes inquinatella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe, the Canary Islands, Turkey and the Palestinian Territories.
Phycitodes lacteella is a species of snout moth first described by Walter Rothschild in 1915. It is found in most of Europe, Algeria, Morocco and Turkey.
Phycitodes maritima is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe.
Phycitodes subcretacella is a species of snout moth. It was described from Japan, but is also found in Spain and Russia.
Phycitodes eliseannae is a species of snout moth. It is found in France and Spain.
Phycitodes gallicella is a species of snout moth which is endemic to France.