Species Details

ABH: 63.037

BF: 1392

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Spilomelinae

Taxon: Udea olivalis

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Garden Pearl

Account: Common in woodland, gardens and waste ground throughout the British Isles. Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on many different herbaceous plants, including Stinging Nettle, Common Sorrel and Hop.

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: 24 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 May (2011) — 2 Aug (2015)

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: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 196

Individuals: 18

Earliest Year: 1975

Latest Year: 2024

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