Species Details

ABH: 43.004

BF: 915

Family: Scythrididae

Taxon: Scythris picaepennis

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: White-dusted Runner

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in grassy areas, dry sandy areas and calcareous grassland throughout much of the British Isles Larva feeds on Common Bird's-foot Trefoil and Wild Thyme, living within a silken web.

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: 9 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 May (2011) — 1 Sep (2016)

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

Foodplant: Lotus corniculatus (Common Bird's-foot-trefoil), Thymus praecox.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/scythris-picaepennis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 53

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2016

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