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Plutella porrectella

Synonyms: Alucita porrectella; Phalaena porrectella (homotypic); Plutella hesperidella; Plutella vigilaciella; Pseudoplutella porrectella

Wikipedia Abstract

Plutella porrectella is a moth of the Plutellidae family found in Europe, the Caucasus, southern Siberia and Asia Minor. The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again from July to August. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including Hesperis matronalis. They distort or connect the leaves of their host plants with small amounts of silk.
View Wikipedia Record: Plutella porrectella

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Emer Bog 93 England, United Kingdom
Morecambe Bay 151985 England, United Kingdom
Solway Firth 107829 England/Scotland, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anthocharis cardamines (Orange Tip Butterfly)1
Argynnis paphia (Silver-washed Fritillary)1
Pieris brassicae (Large White)1
Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)1

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0