Species Details

ABH: 45.012

BF: 1509

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Stenoptilia pterodactyla

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Brown Plume

Account: Common in downland, open woodland and dry pastures throughout much of the British Isles, more numerous in the south Larva feeds on flowers, leaves and seeds of Germander Speedwell.

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: 20 — 26 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (2011) — 26 Aug (2011)

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

Foodplant: Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell).

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-pterodactyla/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 83

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2020

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