Species Details

ABH: 45.029

BF: 1493

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Buckleria paludum

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Sundew Plume

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) on damp heathland and mosses in parts of England and Wales, more numerous in the south The moth is easily disturbed in daytime, and flies naturally just before dusk. Larva feeds on leaves of Round-leaved Sundew.

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: 11 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jul (1995) — 22 Aug (2010)

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

Foodplant: Drosera rotundifolia (Round-leaved Sundew).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/buckleria-paludum/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2010

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