Species Details

ABH: 70.002

BF: 1698

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Sterrhinae

Taxon: Idaea muricata

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Purple-bordered Gold

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp heathland, mosses, bogs, fens and other damp areas in parts of England Small size and day-flying habits could result in confusion with pyralids such as Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis and Pyrausta sanguinalis. Larva feeds on Marsh Cinquefoil.

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 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Jun (2011) — 28 Jul (2004)

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

Foodplant: Potentilla palustris.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 39

Individuals: 17

Earliest Year: 1869

Latest Year: 2014

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