Species Details

ABH: 67.001

BF: 1644

Family: Endromidae

Taxon: Endromis versicolora

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Kentish Glory

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in birch woodland and moorland in parts of the Scottish Highlands, previously also in England, where last recorded in Worcestershire in 1970. No recent record and presumed long extinct in Hampshire. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan male 45-65 mm, female 69-90 mm. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Silver Birch, over-wintering as a pupa.

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 45 — 65 mm; female 69 — 90 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Alnus glutinosa (Alder), Betula sp. (a birch).

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

Status: Near Threatened (NT)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/endromis-versicolora/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1959

Latest Year: 1959

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