Species Details

ABH: 72.032

BF: 2053

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Coscinia cribraria

=Coscinia cribraria arenaria

=Coscinia cribraria bivittata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Speckled Footman

Account: An endangered Red Data Book species, on heathland, in Dorset, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. This species declined greatly in the early part of the 20th Century and no confirmed breeding localities are currently known. Recent records of probable resident moths are confined to a few heathland sites in the Wareham area of south-east Dorset Fairly unmistakable amongst the macros, but could be over-looked amongst superficially similar micros. Larva feeds on Bristle Bent, Heather, Bell Heather, Cross-leaved Heath and Bilberry.

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: 33 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 Jul (1872) — 26 Jul (1872)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Critically endangered (CR)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/coscinia-cribraria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1872

Latest Year: 1872

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