Species Details

ABH: 45.022

BF: 1496

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Rose Plume

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in hedgerows and woodland in parts of south-eastern England A fairly distinctive plume moth. Larva feeds on buds, flowers and leaves of Wild Rose, Dog-rose and Cultivated Rose.

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: 18 — 26 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Rosa canina (Dog-rose).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify, an image may be required 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cnaemidophorus-rhododactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 12

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 1998

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