Species Details

ABH: 72.035

BF: 2037

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Miltochrista miniata

Authority: (Forster, 1771)

Vernacular: Rosy Footman

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, heathland and mature hedgerows throughout southern England, but rare elsewhere. A beautiful and unmistakable moth. Larva feeds on various lichens.

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: 25 — 33 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Jun (1992) — 30 Oct (2006)

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

Foodplant: Lichenes, Peltigera canina (a lichen).

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/miltochrista-miniata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 780

Individuals: 1113

Earliest Year: 1881

Latest Year: 2025

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