Species Details

ABH: 53.002

BF: 174

Family: Limacodidae

Taxon: Heterogenea asella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Triangle

Account: A rare Red Data Book species in oak and beech woodland. There are post-1980 records from Essex, Kent, East Sussex, Hampshire, south Wiltshire, Devon and Cornwall, but the species is very local and scarce throughout its range Larva feeds on Oak and Beech, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: male 14 — 19 mm; female 16 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Aug (1998) — 7 Aug (1998)

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

Foodplant: Fagus sp., Quercus sp. (an oak).

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/heterogenea-asella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1895

Latest Year: 1998

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