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List Of Lepidoptera That Feed On Malus
Apples (''Malus'' species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). These include: * Bucculatricidae **'' Bucculatrix bechsteinella'' **'' Bucculatrix pomifoliella'' * Coleophoridae ** Several ''Coleophora'' case-bearers, such as: ***'' C. anatipennella'' – leaves – recorded on apple ('' M. pumila''), and possibly others ***'' C. cerasivorella'' ***'' C. coracipennella'' ***'' C. hemerobiella'' ***'' C. malivorella'' ***'' C. paripennella'' – recorded on apple (''M. pumila'') ***'' C. pruniella'' ***'' C. sacramenta'' – recorded on apple (''Malus pumila'') ***'' C. serratella'' ***'' C. spinella'' (apple-and-plum case-bearer) * Geometridae ** ''Agriopis marginaria'' (dotted border) ** ''Campaea margaritata'' (light emerald) ** '' Chloroclystis rectangulata'' (green pug) ** '' Colotois pennaria'' (feathered thorn) ** ''Ectropis crepuscularia'' (engrailed) ** '' Epirrita autumnata'' (autumnal moth) ** '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malus
''Malus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 30–55 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples, wild apples, and rainberries. The genus is native to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Description Apple trees are typically talI at maturity, with a dense, twiggy crown. The leaves are long, alternate, simple, with a serrated margin. The flowers are borne in corymbs, and have five petals, which may be white, pink, or red, and are perfect, with usually red stamens that produce copious pollen, and a half-inferior ovary; flowering occurs in the spring after 50–80 growing degree days (varying greatly according to subspecies and cultivar). Many apples require cross-pollination between individuals by insects (typically bees, which freely visit the flowers for both nectar and pollen); these are called self-sterile, so self-pollination is impossible, making pollinating insects essential. A number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleophora Sacramenta
''Coleophora sacramenta'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in the United States, including California. The larvae feed on the leaves of ''Malus'', ''Prunus'' (including ''Prunus americana ''Prunus americana'', commonly called the American plum, wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of ''Prunus'' native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida ...''), '' Populus'', '' Tilia'' and '' Chaenomeles'' species. They create a pistol-shaped case. References Sacramenta Moths described in 1914 Moths of North America {{Coleophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eupithecia Pusillata
The juniper pug or juniper looper (''Eupithecia pusillata'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found throughout the Palearctic and in the Nearctic. Subspecies ''E. p. interruptofasciata'' is sometimes treated as a valid species ''Eupithecia interruptofasciata''. The forewings are greyish brown often with two distinctive black cross bands. The wingspan is . It is relatively contrastingly coloured, with marked, light and dark cross-bands and short black longitudinal lines. It often lacks a black spot in the middle of the wing (discal spot). It is extremely variable but generally easy to recognize by the acutely angulated antemedian line, the whitish patch between discal dot and the postmedian and dark dashes proximally to the postmedian — ''graeseriata'' Ratzer (= ''latoniata'' Mill.) is larger and greyer is in general more weakly marked but very variable (Swiss Alps). — ''anglicata'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eupithecia Exiguata
The mottled pug (''Eupithecia exiguata'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found across the Palearctic region apart from around the Mediterranean Sea. It is common in the British Isles apart from Scotland where it is rather local. The wingspan is 20–22 mm and the long and pointed forewings are brown or yellowish grey marked with pale radial lines and a large, somewhat oval black discal spot. The most characteristic markings are the strong black dashes on the radial and median veins where they cross the postmedian band The hindwings are cream or grey also with a discal spot. The larva is green with lozenge-shaped red dorsal spots.Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World''. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgarpdf The species flies at night in May and June and is attracted to light, sometimes in large numbers. The larva feeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erannis Defoliaria
The mottled umber (''Erannis defoliaria'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is common throughout much of the Palearctic region. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. Distribution The species can be found in western Europe from northern Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, then east to the Caucasus, northern Iran, Russia, Russian Far East, and Ussuri. Description The female of this species is wingless and rather spider-like and can be found on the trunks and stems of its larval food plants. She is white or yellow-and-black patched. The male is fully winged (wingspan 40–45 mm) and very variable. The ground colour of the forewing is pale yellow or light yellow ochre and suffused dark grey. The basal and distal fasciae are dark brown. The basal fascia is bordered on the inner side by a brown cloud; the distal fascia has a brown cloud on the outer edge. There is also a brown cloud along the costa. There are two dark brown oblong spots in the up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epirrita Dilutata
The November moth (''Epirrita dilutata'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It can be found in the Palearctic realm in western Europe from central Scandinavia to the Mediterranean the Caucasus and western Russia. The wingspan is 38–44 mm, the forewings being variably marked with alternating pale and dark bands. The forewing ground colour is pale with darker grey and tinted brown. It has wavy lines. The hindwing is white grey with two lines. The distal fascia points in to the discal spot. Melanism is common and in some locations all-dark individuals make up the majority of the population. The species is extremely similar to three of its relatives, the pale November moth , the autumnal moth and the small autumnal moth and they cannot usually be separated without examination of the genitalia. See Townsend et al.Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010)''British and Irish Mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epirrita Autumnata
The autumnal moth (''Epirrita autumnata'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East and has a much wider distribution than its two close relatives (see below). In Sápmi (Lapland), in some years, the numerous autumnal moth larvae defoliate square miles of birch forests on mountains. Description This species is very similar to the November moth, the small Autumnal moth, and the pale November moth, and identification is usually only possible by examining the genitalia. In general, this is the least variable of the four, with melanic forms occurring less often. It is also usually on the wing earlier in the year, flying in September and October, although the flight seasons of all three species overlap. The caterpillar feeds on a wide variety of trees and shrubs.Hogan, C. Michael (2008)"Douglas-fir: ''Pseudotsuga menziesii''". globalTwitcher.com, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectropis Crepuscularia
The engrailed and small engrailed (''Ectropis crepuscularia'') are moths of the family Geometridae found from the British Isles through central and eastern Europe to the Russian Far East and Kazakhstan. The western Mediterranean and Asia Minor and the Caucasus represent the southern limit of the distribution (with the Balkan countries). In the north, the distribution area ends at the Arctic Circle. It also occurs in North America. Debate exists as to whether they make up one species, or whether ''E. crepuscularia'' actually refers only to the small engrailed, with the engrailed proper being separable as ''E. bistortata''. The ground colour of the wings is buff or grey, variably marked with darker fascia and a pale postdiscal crossline. The darker markings are not usually as strong as in the rather similar willow beauty. Melanic forms occur fairly frequently. The wingspan is . One or two broods are produced each year. In the British Isles, the adults can be seen at any time be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colotois Pennaria
The feathered thorn (''Colotois pennaria'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. Etymology The common name derives from the very strong feathering on the antennae of the male. Also the species name ''pennaria'' derives from the Latin suffix ''aria'' – meaning "related to or connected with" – at the end of the Latin word ''penna'' meaning "feather". Description The forewings of this species are basically brown but individuals vary greatly in tone from drab light brown to much richer reddish tones. They are usually marked with two dark fascia and a small discal spot but these features can be faint or almost absent. The hindwings are lighter buffish brown. The wingspan is 46–50 mm, the males being usually larger and broader-winged than the females. Prout describes the aberrationsProut, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World''. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloroclystis Rectangulata
The green pug (''Pasiphila rectangulata'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is sometimes placed in the genus ''Chloroclystis'' or '' Rhinoprora''. It is common throughout the Palearctic region (from Ireland to Japan) and the Near East, but also appears in North America. Typically this species has green wings with distinct dark bars but it can be quite variable and is often mostly dark brown with little green. The green coloration also fades over time. "Green, more or less dulled with black, the lines black, the postmedian forming sharper angles than in the two following ('' C. debiliata'', '' C. agitata''). Underside very sharply marked. - In ab. ''subaerata'' Hbn. the black markings are reduced, only the antemedian and the postmedian line developed. -In ab. ''cydoniata'' Bkh. the black is increased, particularly in the median area. - ab. ''cydoniata'' is entirely or almost entirely black."Prout, L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) ''The Macrolepidoptera of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campaea Margaritata
''Campaea margaritata'', commonly known in the UK as the light emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is widely distributed throughout Europe, the Near East and North Africa. The habitat is mixed forests including parks and large gardens. Description Newly emerged adults have delicately pale green wings marked with green and white fascia, two on the slightly crenulate forewing, one on the hindwing. As with most moths of this colour, the green colouration is fugitive fading over time and older specimens tend to be almost pure white. The wingspan is 42–54 mm, the female generally being considerably larger than the male. The egg is smooth, long oval, but laid with the micropyle at the top; light grey, dark-dotted, later pink with the dots deep red. The larva is grey, brown or brownish-green, commonly with whitish dots, the segment-incisions well marked. Prout, L. B. (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agriopis Marginaria
The dotted border (''Agriopis marginaria'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1776. It is found throughout Europe, except the far north, and the Near East. The female of this species has only vestigial wings and is totally flightless. It is usually found resting on the trunks and branches of the larval food plants. The male has orange-brown forewings with a paler yellowish band and a row of dots along the termen which gives it its common name. The hindwings are whitish with faint fascia. Melanic forms are frequently seen. The wingspan is 36–42 mm. Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World''. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgarpdf/ref> The adults are active from February to April, the male sometimes coming to light but not strongly attracted. The egg is ovate, greenish, becoming reddish on the upper side. The very variable lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
