Species Details

ABH: 45.021

BF: 1507

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Authority: (Duponchel, 1840)

Vernacular: Dowdy Plume

Account: Local on sea cliffs, dry grassland and sand-dunes throughout much of England Larva feeds on flowers and seeds of Centaury, Yellow-wort and Gentian.

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: 16 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jul (2011) — 28 Aug (2005)

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

Foodplant: Blackstonia sp., Centaurium erythraea (Common Centaury), Gentiana sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 12

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2012

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