

- Rare / Uncommon / Scarce

Confusion Species: Tawny Pinion
ID pointers: Looks remarkably like a piece of plant stem, twig or tree bark. Ground colour of the long slender wing is a pale straw-brown, suffused with grey and darker brown markings. Has tufted crests at the shoulders and lacks the black bar in trailing corner of forewing as per Tawny Pinion. There is a blackish or greyish patch in the central area of the forewing.
Distribution: (First record: 1990 ) - (Last record: 31/03/2025 at Darwin Forest ) - Small numbers each year mainly from the central area of the county. Probably now well established and thinly distributed.
*** Last updated on 4 April 2025 by TD ***
Forewing: 17-20mm
Last Recorded Date: 31/03/2025
First Recorded Year: 1990
IMAGES BELOW: Allestree, Derbyshire 4/4/2023 – Stephen Plant© / Darwin Forest 31/3/2025 – Dave Evans©

