Species Details

ABH: 72.020

BF: 2060

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Spilosoma lubricipeda

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: White Ermine

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: 21 Apr (2002) — 26 Sep (1976)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

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/spilosoma-lubricipeda/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1074

Individuals: 1023

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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