Species Details

ABH: 65.010

BF: 1654

Family: Drepanidae

Subfamily: Thyatirinae

Taxon: Tethea ocularis

=Tethea ocularis octogesimea

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1767)

Vernacular: Figure of Eighty

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Apr (2011) — 3 Aug (2002)

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

Foodplant: Populus sp. (a poplar), Populus tremula (Aspen).

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: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tethea-ocularis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 450

Individuals: 70

Earliest Year: 1908

Latest Year: 2024

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