Species Details

ABH: 54.002

BF: 163

Family: Zygaenidae

Subfamily: Procridinae

Taxon: Adscita statices

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Forester

Account: Local in limestone grassland, chalk downland, heathland, sand-dunes and woodland margins throughout much of England, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Larva feeds on Common Sorrel.

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: male 25 — 31 mm; female 22 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 May (1893) — 19 Jul (1947)

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

Foodplant: Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/adscita-statices/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 36

Individuals: 38

Earliest Year: 1857

Latest Year: 2018

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