Species Details

ABH: 45.030

BF: 1513

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Pterophorus pentadactyla

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: White Plume

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: 20 Mar (2022) — 2 Aug (2015)

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

Foodplant: Calystegia sp., Convolvulus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pterophorus-pentadactyla/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 114

Individuals: 10

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2025

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