Species Details

ABH: 63.029

BF: 1373

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Pyraustinae

Taxon: Paratalanta pandalis

Authority: (Hübner, [1825])

Vernacular: Bordered Pearl

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in open woodland on chalky soils in parts of England and Wales, more numerous in the south The most likely confusion species are Sitochroa verticalis and female European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis, from which separated by bordered appearance of fore- and, especially, hind-wing. Larva feeds on Wood Sage, Wild Marjoram, Goldenrod, Black Horehound, Wild Thyme, Corn Mint and Stinging Nettle.
Update: Distribution, August 2019

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 — 29 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (2002) — 16 Jun (1995)

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 A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1985

Latest Year: 2002

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