Species Details

ABH: 66.010

BF: 1640

Family: Lasiocampidae

Subfamily: Pinarinae

Taxon: Euthrix potatoria

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Drinker

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: 20 Jun (1992) — 16 Aug (1991)

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

Foodplant: Cyperaceae, Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot), Gramineae., Phragmites australis (Common Reed).

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/euthrix-potatoria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 356

Individuals: 220

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2019

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