Species Details

ABH: 45.011

BF: 1498

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Amblyptilia punctidactyla

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Brindled Plume

Account: Local in woodland, heaths and river-banks throughout much of the British Isles Confusable with A. acanthadactyla. A. punctidactyla has a greyish or, when fresh, dark greenish tinge, whereas A. acanthadactyla is reddish; also, A. punctidactyla has a lot of speckling on the basal half of the forewings, A. acanthadactyla has very little. Larva feeds on flowers and seeds of Hedge Woundwort, Common Restharrow, Spiny Restharrow and Meadow Crane's-bill.

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: 18 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Mar (2004) — 5 Nov (2002)

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

Foodplant: Aquilegia sp., Erodium cicutarium (Common Stork's-bill), Geranium sp., Primula sp., Stachys sylvatica (Hedge Woundwort).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/amblyptilia-punctidactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2017

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