Species Details

ABH: 72.030

BF: 2067

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Euplagia quadripunctaria

Authority: (Poda, 1761)

Vernacular: Jersey Tiger

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 8 May (2025) — 12 Sep (2021)

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

Foodplant: Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp-agrimony), Plantago sp., Urtica sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/euplagia-quadripunctaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1236

Individuals: 2878

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2025

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