Species Details

ABH: 63.047

BF: 1404

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Spilomelinae

Taxon: Spoladea recurvalis

Authority: (Fabricius, 1775)

Vernacular: Banded Sable

Account: Rare immigrant to southern England from southern Europe. Formerly an accidental import in vegetables from tropical Africa, increasingly seen as an immigrant from mainland Europe. First recorded in Britain in Surrey and Dorset in September 1951, with 19 up to the end of 2005 but 2006, an exceptional year for migrants, saw 18 alone Similar to Diasemia reticularis and Diasemiopsis ramburialis, which both have chequered fringes. Larva feeds on fruits and vegetables, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest on spinach, beet, cotton, maize and soya in some areas; no evidence of breeding in the UK.

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 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Sep (1951) — 5 Sep (1951)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/spoladea-recurvalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1951

Latest Year: 1951

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