Species Details

ABH: 72.009

BF: 2031

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Lymantriinae

Taxon: Leucoma salicis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: White Satin

Account: Local in plantations, hedgerows, scrub, parks and gardens throughout England. Widespread and locally common in Hampshire, but recorded so far from the Isle of Wight only once this century. Wingspan 43-60 mm. Separated from other large, plain white moths by white abdomen, black and white ringed legs, and silky sheen. Larva feeds on Aspen, Poplar, Sallow and Willow.

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: 43 — 60 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jun (1959) — 20 Aug (1913)

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

Foodplant: Populus sp. (a poplar), Salix sp. (a sallow).

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/leucoma-salicis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 71

Individuals: 22

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2018

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