Species Details

ABH: 45.028

BF: 1494

Family: Pterophoridae

Subfamily: Pterophorinae

Taxon: Capperia britanniodactylus

Authority: (Gregson, 1869)

Vernacular: Wood Sage Plume

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in southern Britain, occurring uncommonly and only where the foodplant grows out in the open, for instance on shingle, or in open woodland rides Larva feeds on Wood Sage, biting through stems and feeding on the wilted leaves.

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 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Jun (2007) — 6 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/capperia-britanniodactylus/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2017

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