Species Details

ABH: 63.059

BF: 1356a

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Glaphyriinae

Taxon: Evergestis limbata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1767)

Vernacular: Dark-bordered Pearl

Account: A local species found on rough ground in southern England. Since its arrival on the Isle of Wight in 1994, numbers have increased throughout the early 21st century and it is now established as a breeding species across southern England Distinctive and easy to recognise. Larva feeds on Garlic Mustard and Hedge Mustard.

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: 20 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 Jun (2020) — 16 Sep (2018)

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

Foodplant: Cruciferae, Genista tinctoria (Dyer's Greenweed).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/evergestis-limbata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 6

Earliest Year: 2017

Latest Year: 2025

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