Species Details

ABH: 45.010

BF: 1497

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Beautiful Plume

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jan (2004) — 26 Dec (2020)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp., Chenopodium sp., Erica sp., Geranium sp., Mentha sp., Ononis sp., Stachys sylvatica (Hedge Woundwort).

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/amblyptilia-acanthadactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 237

Individuals: 64

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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