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List Of Lepidoptera That Feed On Centaurea
''Centaurea'' species (knapweeds, starthistles and relatives) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a numerous Lepidoptera species, including: phagy, Monophagous Species which feed exclusively on ''Centaurea''. Some are used in biological control of knapweeds that have become invasive weeds. Bucculatricidae * ''Bucculatrix centaureae'' – only on ''Centaurea triniifolia, C. triniifolia'' Cochylidae * Sulphur knapweed moth (''Agapeta zoegana'') – recorded on diffuse knapweed (''C. diffusa''), spotted knapweed (''C. maculosa'') and others Coleophoridae * ''Coleophora didymella'' – only on greater knapweed (''C. scabiosa'') Gelechiidae * Spotted knapweed seedhead moth (''Metzneria paucipunctella'') – recorded on spotted knapweed (''C. maculosa'') and others phagy, Polyphagous Species which feed on ''Centaurea'' and other plants Coleophoridae * Several ''Coleophora'' case-bearer species: ** ''Coleophora alcyonipennella, C. alcyonipennella'' ** ''Coleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centaurea
''Centaurea'' () is a genus of over 700 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich. In the western United States, yellow starthistles are an invasive species. Around the year 1850, seeds from the plant had arrived to the state of California. It is believed that those seeds came from South America. Common names Common names for this genus are centaury, centory, starthistles, knapweeds, centaureas and the more ambiguous "bluets"; a vernacular name used for these plants in parts of England is "loggerheads" (common knapweed). The ''Plectocephalus'' group – possibly a distinct genus – is known as basketflowers. "Cornflower" is used for a few species, but that term more often specifically means either '' C. cyanus'' (the annual cornflower) or ''Centaurea montana'' (the perennial c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dispute. These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls. Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga'') is a host plant common to many species of the family, particularly of the genus ''Chionodes'', which as a result is more diverse in North America than usual for Gelechioidea. By the late 20th century, over 900 genera with altogether more than 4,500 species were placed here, with about 650 genera known from North America alone. While these figures are certainly outdated, due to the many revisions to superfamily Gelechioidea and new descriptions of twirler moths, they still serve to show the enormous biodiversity contained in this import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metron'' "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, ''Biston betularia'', which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests. Adults Many geometrids have slender abdomens and broad wings which are usually held flat with the hindwings visible. As such, they appear rather butterfly-like, but in most respects they are typical moths; the majority fly at night, they possess a frenulum to link the wings, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitochroa Verticalis
''Sitochroa verticalis'', common name lesser pearl, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. Distribution and habitat This species can be found in most of Europe, including British Islands. The distribution extends from west Portugal, across Central and Eastern Europe, Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan. In the north the area extends to southern Sweden, in the south to Italy. These moths prefer open landscape with dry or slightly humid grassy areas. Description ''Sitochroa verticalis'' can reach a wingspan of about 30–34 mm. These moths have yellowish or light ocher forewings with three thin brown cross lines, while the underside of the forewings are strongly-marked with dark brown lines. The hind wings are whitish yellow and have two darker transverse lines. The caterpillars are green, with a light brown head. They can reach a body length of about . This species is rather similar to ''Ostrinia nubilalis''. Biology These moths fly from May to August, with o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Knapweed
''Centaurea jacea'', brown knapweed or brownray knapweed, is a species of herbaceous perennial plants in the genus ''Centaurea'' native to dry meadows and open woodland throughout Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia .... It grows to tall, and flowers mainly from June to September. In Britain and America, it is often found as a hybrid of black knapweed, '' Centaurea nigra''. Unlike the black knapweed, the flower heads always look as if they are rayed, forming a more open star rather than a brush-like tuft. '' Centaurea ×moncktonii'' is a fertile hybrid between black knapweed and brown knapweed. References External links * jacea Flora of Norway Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora of Maghreb Flora of Andorra {{Cynareae-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paratalanta Hyalinalis
''Paratalanta hyalinalis'', the translucent pearl, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. Description The wingspan of ''Paratalanta hyalinalis'' can reach . The moth flies from June to July depending on the location. They are active after dark. The larvae are oligophagous (feed on only a few types of food) and eat nettle, ''Verbascum thapsus'' and '' Centaurea jacea''. Distribution This species can be found in most of Europe, but has also been recorded from North Africa, including Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda .... References External links * Lepiforum.de Pyraustinae Moths described in 1796 Moths of Africa Moths of Europe Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Pyraustinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolicharthria Punctalis
''Dolicharthria punctalis'', the long-legged china-mark, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is the type species of the proposed genus ''Stenia'', which is usually included in '' Dolicharthria'' but may be distinct. It is found mainly in central and southern Europe, but has been recorded further north. The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location. The caterpillars feed on ''Centaurea'' (knapweeds), ''Plantago'' (plantain herb), ''Trifolium'' (clovers), '' Artemisia vulgaris'' (common wormwood) and even the marine eelgrass ''Zostera marina''. Yet other unusual recordedGrabe (1942) foods are dry leaves, plant waste, and old root In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the su ...s. Footnotes References * (1942): ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes. In many classifications, the Crambidae have been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae or snout-moths. The principal difference is a structure in the tympanal organs called the praecinctorium, which joins two tympanic membranes in the Crambidae, and is absent from the Pyralidae. The latest review by Munroe and Solis, in Kristensen (1999), retains the Crambidae as a full family. The family currently comprises 15 subfamilies with altogether 10,347 species in over 1,000 genera. Systematics *subfamilia incertae sedis **''Conotalis'' Hampson, 1919 **''Exsilirarcha'' Salmon & Bradley, 1956 *Subfamily Acentropinae Stephens, 1836 *Subfamily Crambinae Latreille, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleophora Paripennella
''Coleophora paripennella'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and Balkan Peninsula. The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults are metallic bronze with white-tipped dark antennae. ''Coleophora'' species have narrow blunt to pointed forewings and a weakly defined tornus. The hindwings are narrow-elongate and very long-fringed. The upper surfaces have neither a discal spot nor transverse lines. Each abdomen segment of the abdomen has paired patches of tiny spines which show through the scales. The resting position is horizontal with the front end raised and the cilia give the hind tip a frayed and upturned look if the wings are rolled around the body. ''C. paripennella'' characteristics include:- Head shining greyish bronze. Antennae dark fuscous, apex white. Forewings rather dark fuscous, more or less bronzy-shining. Hindwings dark grey. They are on wing from July to August. The larvae feed on ''Arctium'', ''Arnica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleophora Frischella
''Coleophora frischella'', the clover case-bearer or Frisch’s case-moth, is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic realm. It is also present in the Near East. It is indistinguishable of '' Coleophora alcyonipennella'' from which it is separable only by dissection. The wingspan is 11.5–14.5 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and in August. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on the seeds of various ''Trifolium Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (from Latin ''tres'' 'three' + ''folium'' 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus ...'' species. They live within the seedheads within a movable case. References External links * frischella Moths described in 1758 Moths of Asia Moths of Europe Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Coleophoridae-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleophora Conspicuella
''Coleophora conspicuella'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1849. Distribution and habitat This species can be found in all of Europe (except Ireland), in Siberia, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq and Altai. These rather vulnerable moths mainly occur in field edges, grassy slopes and scrubland. Description In ''Coleophora conspicuella'' the wingspan can reach 13–17.5 mm. Forewings of these moths have pale yellow ground colour, with pale streaks and white subcostal stripes, without oblique streaks to costa. Antennae are white, unringed and the scape shows a long tuft. Biology The larvae mine leaves and feed on ''Aster amellus'', '' Aster linosyris'', ''Aster sedifolius'', ''Aster sedifolius canus'', '' Centaurea aspera'', '' Centaurea jacea'', ''Centaurea montana ''Centaurea montana'', the perennial cornflower, mountain cornflower, bachelor's button, montane knapweed or mountain bluet, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleophora Brevipalpella
''Coleophora brevipalpella'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains and from Germany to Romania and North Macedonia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ... is . The larvae feed on '' Centaurea aspera'', '' Centaurea jacea'', '' Centaurea scabiosa'' and '' Serratula tinctoria''. They create a spathulate leaf case of up to long. Full-grown larvae can be found in June. References External links * * brevipalpella Moths of Europe Moths described in 1874 Moths of Japan {{Coleophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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