Species Details

ABH: 42.002

BF: 877

Family: Stathmopodidae

Taxon: Stathmopoda pedella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Alder Signaller

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp woodland throughout south-eastern England, north to Yorkshire Unmistakable, with remarkable resting posture in which hind legs point upwards, a resting posture shared only by the otherwise dissimilar Schreckensteinia festaliella. Larva feeds on catkins, buds and leaves of Alder and Grey Alder, 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: 10 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Jun (2001) — 14 Aug (2020)

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

Foodplant: Alnus glutinosa (Alder).

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: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stathmopoda-pedella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 10

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2020

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