Species Details

ABH: 72.070

BF: 2495

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Boletobiinae

Taxon: Trisateles emortualis

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Olive Crescent

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: 26 Jun (2014) — 18 Jul (2022)

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

Foodplant: Fagus sp., Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

Moths

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Moths

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/trisateles-emortualis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2014

Latest Year: 2022