Species Details

ABH: 63.051

BF: 1400

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Spilomelinae

Taxon: Antigastra catalaunalis

Authority: (Duponchel, 1833)

Vernacular: Toadflax Pearl

Account: Very rare immigrant to southern England from southern Europe Nascia cilialis has somewhat similar coloration but much broader wings [Goater]. Larva feeds on Purple Toadflax, no evidence of breeding in the UK.

Update: Status review, December 2019.

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: 19 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Oct (2025) — 24 Oct (2017)

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: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/antigastra-catalaunalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2017

Latest Year: 2025

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