- Buff-tip
Taxobox
name = Buff-tip
image_width = 240px
image_caption = Buff-tip moth
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Notodontidae
genus = "Phalera "
species = "P. bucephala"
binomial = "Phalera bucephala"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus,1758 The Buff-tip ("Phalera bucephala") is amoth of the familyNotodontidae . It is found throughoutEurope .This is a fairly large, heavy bodied species with a
wingspan of 55-68 mm. The forewings are grey with a large prominent buff patch at the apex. As the thoracic hair is also buff, the moth looks remarkably like a broken twig at rest. The hindwings are creamy-white. This moth flies at night in June and July ref|flight_season and sometimes comes to light, although it is not generally strongly attracted.The young
larva e are gregarious, becoming solitary later. The older larva is very striking, black with white and yellow lines. It feeds on manytree s andshrub s (see list below). The species overwinters as apupa .# "The flight season refers to the
British Isles . This may vary in other parts of the range."Recorded food plants
*"Acer" -
Norway Maple
*"Betula" -Birch
*"Corylus" -Hazel
*"Laburnum "
*"Populus" -Poplar
*"Prunus "
*"Quercus" -Oak
*"Robinia "
*"Rosa" -Rose
*"Salix" -Willow
*"Ulmus" -Elm
*"Viburnum "LimeSubspecies
*"P. b. bucephala"
*"P. b. tenebrata"References
*Chinery, Michael "Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe" 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
*Skinner, Bernard "Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles" 1984
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