Species Details

ABH: 45.023

BF: 1495

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Marasmarcha lunaedactyla

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Crescent Plume

Account: Local on downland, shingle beaches and sand-dunes throughout much of southern England and southern Wales, where suitable habitat exists Recognised by the cream-coloured moon-shaped marking on outer part of forewing. Larva feeds on stems and leaves of Common Restharrow.

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: 18 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jun (2011) — 22 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Ononis sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/marasmarcha-lunaedactyla/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 34

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2023

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