Species Details

ABH: 72.049

BF: 2043

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Eilema sororcula

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Orange Footman

Account: Local in deciduous, especially oak and beech, woodland throughout much of southern England, chiefly in the south-west Could be confused with ab. stramineola of Dingy Footman E. griseola, which is larger, has the costa more strongly arched, and the thorax and abdomen yellow (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on lichens growing on Oak, Beech and Blackthorn, 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: 27 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Apr (2019) — 25 Jul (2014)

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

Foodplant: Lichenes.

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/eilema-sororcula/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 481

Individuals: 833

Earliest Year: 1879

Latest Year: 2025

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