Species Details

ABH: 72.042

BF: 2039

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Atolmis rubricollis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Red-necked Footman

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland and plantations throughout much of southern England and Wales Unmistakable. Larva feeds on lichens growing on Oak, Birch, Beech, European Larch, Norway Spruce and various trees, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 28 — 36 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 31 May (2009) — 16 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Algae, Lichenes.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/atolmis-rubricollis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 74

Individuals: 21

Earliest Year: 1842

Latest Year: 2023

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