Species Details

ABH: 63.017

BF: 1377

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Pyraustinae

Taxon: Anania lancealis

=Eurrhypara lancealis

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Long-winged Pearl

Account: Common in damp woodland and fens throughout southern England and Wales. Widely distributed and relatively common throughout Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 30-34 mm. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Hemp-agrimony, Hedge Woundwort and Greater Water-parsnip.

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: 30 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jun (2017) — 1 Aug (2000)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/anania-lancealis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 23

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2020

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