Species Details

ABH: 47.008

BF: 480

Family: Epermeniidae

Subfamily: Epermeniinae

Taxon: Epermenia profugella

Authority: (Stainton, 1856)

Vernacular: Tawny Drab

Account: Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on downland, rough ground and damp meadows throughout much of England Larva feeds within seedheads of Wild Carrot, Burnet-saxifrage, Wild Angelica and Ground-elder, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

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: 8 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Aug (2011) — 19 Aug (2011)

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

Foodplant: Aegopodium sp., Angelica sp., Daucus sp., Pimpinella sp.

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

Status: pRDB2

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/epermenia-profugella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2011

Latest Year: 2011

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