Species Details

ABH: 53.001

BF: 173

Family: Limacodidae

Taxon: Apoda limacodes

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Festoon

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in broad-leaved woodland and hedgerows throughout much of south-eastern England Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Oak and Beech, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: male 24 — 28 mm; female 27 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jun (2008) — 29 Jul (1980)

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

Foodplant: Fagus sp., Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/apoda-limacodes/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 209

Individuals: 202

Earliest Year: 1922

Latest Year: 2025

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