Species Details

ABH: 45.001

BF: 1488

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Agdistinae

Taxon: Agdistis bennetii

Authority: (Curtis, 1833)

Vernacular: Saltmarsh Plume

Account: Local in saltmarshes throughout much of southern and eastern England, where exclusively coastal Like the other Agdistis species, the fore- and hind-wings are not divided and the wings are held forward with front of body raised on long forelegs. Resembles A. meridionalis but darker and more coarsely speckled. Larva feeds on Common Sea-lavender.

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: 24 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Aug (2015) — 17 Aug (2015)

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

Foodplant: Limonium vulgare (Common Sea-lavender).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agdistis-bennetii/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2015

Latest Year: 2015

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