Buff arches

The buff arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found throughout Europe and is well distributed in the British Isles except the far north of England and all of Scotland.

Buff arches
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Habrosyne
Species:
H. pyritoides
Binomial name
Habrosyne pyritoides
(Hufnagel, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Noctua) pyritoides Hufnagel, 1766
  • Phalaena (Noctua) derasa Linnaeus, 1767
  • Gonophora derasoides Butler, 1878
  • Habrosyne pyritoides ochracea Werny, 1966

This is a distinctive and attractive species; its grey-brown forewings are marked with bold buff-orange "arches". The hindwings are grey with white margins. The wingspan is 40–45 mm. It flies from June to August and is attracted to light and sugar.

The larva is orange brown with a prominent white spot on each side of the head and feeds on bramble, hawthorn and hazel. The species overwinters as a pupa.

  1. ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.
  • Both sides

Subspecies
  • Habrosyne pyritoides pyritoides (Europe, northern Iran)
  • Habrosyne pyritoides derasoides (Butler, 1878) (south-eastern Russia, Korean Peninsula, Japan, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Beijing, Hebei)
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References
  • Kimber, Ian. "65.009 BF1653 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides (Hufnagel, 1766)". UKMoths. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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