Species Details

ABH: 72.083

BF: 2463

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Erebinae

Taxon: Euclidia glyphica

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Burnet Companion

Account: Common in grassland, flower meadows, downland, woodland rides, roadside verges and embankments throughout England, Wales and Ireland. Unmistakable. Day-flying. Larva feeds on White and Red Clover, Common Bird's-foot Trefoil, Black Medick, Lucerne and Tufted Vetch, 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: 28 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Apr (2011) — 28 Jul (2024)

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

Foodplant: Lotus corniculatus (Common Bird's-foot-trefoil), Medicago sp., Trifolium sp.

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/euclidia-glyphica/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 369

Individuals: 91

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2025

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