Loxostege sticticalis
Diamond-spot Pearl
Diamond-spot Sable
Wingspan 24 to 29 mm.
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Primarily a migrant species.
Typically arriving in late summer or early autumn.
The larval foodplants are Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and Field Wormwood (A. campestris).
Although suspected as a resident in the Breckland district of East Anglia, this is now primarily known as a migrant species. In recent years, the frequency and number of arrivals has increased, and records have occurred northwards to Shetland. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as a migrant.
Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland, but three records from our area in early September 2022 suggest numbers may be increasing in VC55.
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
07 September 2022
egaten
Thurlaston garden
02 September 2022
Pete Leonard
Harby
02 September 2022
Pete Leonard
Scalford School
06 September 2022
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- Common names
- Diamond-spot Sable
- Species group:
- Moths
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 02/09/2022 (Leonard, Pete)
- Last record:
- 07/09/2022 (Calow, Graham)
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