- 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: 11/04/2024 at Norton Leys ) - Small numbers each year mainly from the central area of the county. Probably now well established and thinly distributed.
Forewing: 17-20mm
Last Recorded Date: 11/04/2024
Last Recorded By: Malcolm Tait
Last Recorded General Area: Norton Leys
First Recorded Year: 1990
IMAGES BELOW: Froggat, Derbyshire – Bryan Barnacle© – Allestree, Derbyshire 4/4/2023 – Stephen Plant©