Species Details

ABH: 70.089

BF: 1754

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eulithis prunata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Phoenix

Account: Common in gardens, allotments and woodland throughout the British Isles Could be confused with a late flying Water Carpet Lampropteryx suffumata, which see. Larva feeds on Black Currant, Red Currant and Gooseberry, including cultivated plants, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 37 — 42 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jun (2024) — 2 Sep (1988)

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

Foodplant: Ribes 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/eulithis-prunata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 403

Individuals: 92

Earliest Year: 1912

Latest Year: 2024

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