Species Details

ABH: 72.052

BF: 2493

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Herminiinae

Taxon: Macrochilo cribrumalis

Authority: (Hübner, 1793)

Vernacular: Dotted Fan-foot

Account: Principally found in the east of the country from Norfolk to Kent, with recent evidence of an expansion westward in central and southern England Larva feeds on Hairy Wood-rush, Field Wood-rush and Sedge in fens, marshes, bogs and ditches, although there has been no direct evidence of breeding in our area.

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: 27 — 30 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Jun (2010) — 25 Jul (2009)

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

Foodplant: Carex sylvatica (Wood-sedge), Cyperaceae., Gramineae., 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/macrochilo-cribrumalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 114

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2021

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