Species Details

ABH: 45.009

BF: 1503

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Gillmeria ochrodactyla

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Tansy Plume

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in flower meadows and gardens in parts of England and Wales Similar to G. pallidactyla but the third pair of legs in the latter is largely one colour, in the present species it is banded brown and white below the middle spur, and the forewing is more distinctly marked. Gillmeria ochrodactyla flies around tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), and therefore also on ruderal grasslands. G. pallidactyla lives on yarrow (Achillea).

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: 24 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2014) — 1 Jul (2014)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/gillmeria-ochrodactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2014

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