Species Details

ABH: 72.024

BF: 2064

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Phragmatobia fuliginosa

=Phragmatobia fuliginosa borealis

=Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Ruby Tiger

Account: Common on downland, heathland and sand-dunes, and in woodland clearings, farmland and gardens throughout England. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Common Ragwort, Ribwort Plantain and Greater Plantain.

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: 28 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Apr (1992) — 28 Oct (2021)

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

Foodplant: Molinia caerulea (Purple Moor-grass), Rumex sp. (a dock), Salix aurita (Eared Willow), Taraxacum sp.

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/phragmatobia-fuliginosa/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 889

Individuals: 343

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2025

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