Species Details

ABH: 63.011

BF: 1369

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Pyraustinae

Taxon: Uresiphita gilvata

=Uresiphita limbalis

=Uresiphita polygonalis

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Yellow-underwing Pearl

Account: Rare immigrant to southern and western England from southern Europe Hindwing orange-yellow with blackish border, a feature which renders the species unmistakable [Goater]. Larva feeds on herbaceous plants, no evidence of breeding in the UK.

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: 29 — 37 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 Sep (2023) — 5 Oct (2010)

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

Foodplant:

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/uresiphita-gilvata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2010

Latest Year: 2023

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