Species Details

ABH: 72.073

BF: 2408

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Boletobiinae

Taxon: Eublemma parva

Authority: (Hübner, [1808])

Vernacular: Small Marbled

Account: Immigrant from southern Europe, appearing in the south, in some years in good numbers, for example, in 1953 when a minimum of 40 were recorded, in 1968 when there were at least 30, and more recently in 2006 and 2009 The most likely confusion species are Purple Marbled E. ostrina and Scarce Marbled E. minutata, which see for differences. Larva feeds on flowers of Common Fleabane and Ploughman's-spikenard, unable to over-winter in significant numbers.

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: 16 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 May (1953) — 17 Aug (1953)

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

Foodplant: Inula conyzae (Ploughman's-spikenard), Pulicaria dysenterica (Common Fleabane).

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

Status: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eublemma-parva/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 10

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 1953

Latest Year: 2009

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