Species Details

ABH: 45.004

BF: 1501

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Platyptilia gonodactyla

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Triangle Plume

Account: In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight thinly distributed and local in meadows and woodland margins amongst the foodplant in all three vice-counties. Wingspan 22-28 mm. Larva feeds on stems and leaves of Colt's-foot.

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: 22 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 May (2011) — 17 Oct (2018)

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

Foodplant: Petasites sp., Tussilago sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/platyptilia-gonodactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 14

Individuals: 14

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2018

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