Species Details

ABH: 45.043

BF: 1517

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Adaina microdactyla

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Hemp Agrimony Plume

Account: Common on downland throughout England, more numerous in the south Small size precludes confusion with most other species of plume moth. Larva feeds within stems of Hemp-agrimony, forming galls.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 13 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 May (2007) — 27 Aug (2007)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp-agrimony).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/adaina-microdactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 12

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2013

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