Species Details

ABH: 45.033

BF: 1510

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Thyme Plume

Account: Local on chalk downland, sea cliffs and sandhills throughout the British Isles Thoroughly confused in the past with M. tridactyla from which separated only by microscopic examination of the antennae. Larva feeds on Wild Thyme.

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 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Jun (2006) — 19 Jul (2017)

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: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/merrifieldia-leucodactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 10

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2017

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