Species Details

ABH: 45.008

BF: 1504

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Gillmeria pallidactyla

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Yarrow Plume

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats, both dry and damp, including waste ground and gardens, throughout the British Isles Similar to P. ochrodactyla but hindleg plain below middle spur, and forewing plainer. Larva feeds on stems and leaves of Yarrow and Sneezewort.

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: 23 — 27 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jun (2011) — 1 Aug (2010)

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: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 38

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2019

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