Species Details

ABH: 72.050

BF: 2036

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Setina irrorella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Dew Moth

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: 26 May (1952) — 18 Jul (1999)

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

Foodplant: Lichenes.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/setina-irrorella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 52

Individuals: 113

Earliest Year: 1879

Latest Year: 1999

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