Species Details

ABH: 63.030

BF: 1374

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Pyraustinae

Taxon: Paratalanta hyalinalis

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Knapweed Pear

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (2003) — 27 Jul (2019)

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: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/paratalanta-hyalinalis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 14

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1993

Latest Year: 2020

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