Species Details

ABH: 65.007

BF: 1651

Family: Drepanidae

Subfamily: Drepaninae

Taxon: Cilix glaucata

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Chinese Character

Account: Common in hedgerows, scrub, open woodland and gardens throughout England, Wales, southern Scotland and Ireland Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Crab Apple, 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: 22 — 27 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Apr (2020) — 18 Sep (2011)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn), Rosaceae.

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/cilix-glaucata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 455

Individuals: 100

Earliest Year: 1900

Latest Year: 2025

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