Species Details

ABH: 45.013

BF: 1508

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Twin-spot Plume

Account: Common on damp heathland, downland and in flower meadows throughout much of the British Isles, where suitable habitat exists Larva feeds on flowers and seeds of Devil's-bit Scabious, Field Scabious and Small Scabious.

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: 17 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Jul (2006) — 19 Jul (2006)

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

Foodplant: Knautia sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stenoptilia-bipunctidactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2006

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