Species Details

ABH: 45.044

BF: 1524

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Emmelina monodactyla

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Common Plume

Account: Common in gardens, rough ground, hedgerows and woodland edges throughout much of the British Isles The imago hibernates and comes to light early in the year. Larva polyphagous on plants such as Bindweed, Knotgrass, Bilberry and Heather, living between shoots spun together with silk.

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 — 27 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jan (2023) — 19 Dec (2015)

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

Foodplant: Calystegia sp., Convolvulus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/emmelina-monodactyla/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 506

Individuals: 215

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2025

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