Species Details

ABH: 63.031

BF: 1395

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Spilomelinae

Taxon: Udea ferrugalis

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Rusty-dot Pearl

Account: Common immigrant to the British Isles from mainland Europe, most frequent on waste ground by the coast where sometimes abundant The rusty forewing with prominent black discal spot is characteristic of this species [Goater]. Larva feeds on herbaceous plants.

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: 18 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2022) — 13 Dec (2016)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/udea-ferrugalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 149

Individuals: 40

Earliest Year: 1953

Latest Year: 2025

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