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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant 
- Day-flying
- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: Has a very distinctive resting posture. The yellowish and brown banded hind legs, with long spurs, are held almost at right angles to the body. The colour of the forewings can be yellow or yellowish orange with brown cross-banding.
Distribution: (First record: 26/07/2012 at Kings Newton ) - (Last record: 17/07/2024 at Belper ) - Not listed in Harrison & Sterling – Butterflies and Moths of Derbyshire. Status not known in the county but moth is extremely widespread but very local across south and south-eastern England with scattered populations further north. So maybe there are a few scattered colonies in the county. First recorded 2012. Only seven recorded.
*** Last updated on 10 March 2025 by RP ***
Last Recorded Date: 17/07/2024
Last Recorded By: Dave Evans
Last Recorded General Area: Belper
First Recorded Date: 26/07/2012
IMAGES BELOW: Belper, Derbyshire (2024) & (2013) – Dave Evans©
Stathmopoda pedella - Alder Signaller - 17th July 2024 - Belper - Dave Evans©
42.002 BF877 - Stathmopoda pedella - 2013 - Belper, Derbyshire - photo Dave Evans©