Species Details

ABH: 65.013

BF: 1657

Family: Drepanidae

Subfamily: Thyatirinae

Taxon: Ochropacha duplaris

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Common Lutestring

Account: Common in woodland, scrub, heathland and gardens throughout the British Isles. The main confusion species is Satin Lutestring Tetheella fluctuosa, but differs, for example, in small apical dash, which originates at the apex in Common Lutestring and some way down the costa in Satin Lutestring. Larva feeds on Silver and Downy 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: 25 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 May (2004) — 8 Sep (2023)

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), Corylus sp., Quercus sp. (an oak).

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/ochropacha-duplaris/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 313

Individuals: 227

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2024

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