Evergestis forficalis

TaxID: 753182

Basic Information

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

Evergestis forficalis, the garden pebble, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, the Palearctic and North America. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae The species closely resembles Rivula sericealis. The wingspan is 25 C28 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, disc and apex sometimes tinged with yellowish-brown; lines fine, dark brown, very obliquely curved, indented beneath costa, first very indistinct towards costa; two small transversely placed discal spots outlined with dark fuscous, lower larger; a dark fuscous oblique apical streak; margins of subterminal line obscurely brownish. The hindwings are ochreous- whitish with a grey posterior line. The larva is yellowish-green; dorsal and lateral lines darker green; head yellowish The length of the forewings 12 C14 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, such as Brussels sprout and kale.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Crambidae

Evergestis

forficalis

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Photos (5 photos)

Evergestis forficalis
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(c) Dadia Soufli@BY-NC
Evergestis forficalis
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(c) Céline@BY
Evergestis forficalis
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(c) Donald Hobern@BY
Evergestis forficalis
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(c) Michał Brzeziński@BY-NC
Evergestis forficalis
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(c) jlsnaddon@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (41 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Armenia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Belarus Present —
Switzerland Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (55 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
PHLAI803-13 BOLD:AAB7956 COI-5P 658 Austria 2012-06-02 47.302, 11.121
ODOPE518-11 BOLD:AAB7956 COI-5P 658 Germany 2007-05-22 48.8038, 10.64528
NOELE208-20 BOLD:AAB7956 COI-5P 628 Austria 2019-06-10 48.398888, 15.531389
NLLEA323-12 BOLD:AAB7955 COI-5P 658 Netherlands 2011-05-06 52.157, 4.38
NIBSK424-24 BOLD:AAL8549 COI-5P 589 South Korea 2016-05-24 34.813, 126.107
LON4108-16 BOLD:AAB7956 COI-5P 658 Norway 2014-06-06 58.109528, 7.934277
LEPVM606-14 BOLD:AAB7956 COI-5P 658 Norway 1958-07-14 58.096, 7.813
LEPVM605-14 BOLD:AAB7956 COI-5P 658 Norway 1975-06-24 61.738, 9.096
LEFIF767-10 BOLD:AAB7956 COI-5P 658 Finland - 60.011, 22.498
LEFIC798-10 BOLD:AAB7956 COI-5P 602 Finland 2006-07-30 60.441, 22.202
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Literature