Species Details

ABH: 72.031

BF: 2069

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Tyria jacobaeae

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Cinnabar

Account: Common on grassland, sand-dunes, heathland, gardens and woodland rides throughout much of England and Wales, rare in Scotland, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Common Ragwort, occasionally also on Oxford Ragwort, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 35 — 45 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Apr (2019) — 19 Aug (2021)

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

Foodplant: Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort), Senecio sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tyria-jacobaeae/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1114

Individuals: 896

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2025

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