Species Details

ABH: 63.060

BF: 1358

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Glaphyriinae

Taxon: Evergestis pallidata

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Chequered Pearl

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: 2 Jun (2006) — 23 Aug (2019)

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

Foodplant: Barbarea vulgaris (Winter-cress), Cruciferae.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 38

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2019

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