Udea prunalis       Patania ruralis
63.037 BF1392  –  Crambidae –  Spilomelinae – Udea olivalis – Olive Pearl – (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Adult Micro:  CAT 1 – Distinctive Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Blue –  Generally Common / Widespread   
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> .  . >>  Crambidae  >> Spilomelinae
Other Name/s: Garden Pearl
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: Triangular shaped at rest. Forewing brownish with indistincy cross-lines and a square white spot at about half way in from the costa. There is also a scattering of other small whitish dots over the wing.
Distribution:  Common and widely distributed across the county.
Flight Period: May /  June /  July /  August /  –  On the wing during May-August. Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Will Soar  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 21 June 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 24-28mm
 Food Plant: Variety of herbaceous plants.
Recorded dates for Common [Blue code Blue-coded] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.
IMAGES BELOW:  Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar© 

63.037 BF1392 - Crambidae - Spilomelinae - Udea olivalis
Udea olivalis – King’s Newton – Will Soar
63.037 BF1392 - Crambidae - Spilomelinae - Udea olivalis

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Distribution Map for Udea olivalis

derbyshiremoths.org © makes no guarantee of accuracy of data used in these maps and charts – they are presented to you with best endeavours and the data behind them updated periodically as time permits. Historic records are being discovered all the time. These will be assessed, so once they are all verified, they will be incorporated onto the map and charts.

Found 561 records
    ↳ 49 from After 2025
    ↳ 141 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 371 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Udea olivalis

Monthly Counts By Year: Udea olivalis

Recordings By Year: Udea olivalis

Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Udea olivalis
AGR: -1.31%   |   Total % Change: -27.1%
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Udea olivalis

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Udea olivalis

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Udea olivalis – 561 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStage
Udea olivalisVia GelliaSK25T202502/07/20253adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202503/07/20252adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202523/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202525/06/202510adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202503/06/20252adult
Udea olivalisCote Heath Allotments, Buxton SK07R202528/06/20258adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202511/06/20255adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202521/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisMiller's Dale SK17G202513/06/20252adult
Udea olivalisDarley BridgeSK26Q202527/06/20251
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202519/06/202515adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202521/06/20259adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202513/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202515/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202506/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisShirland - Hallfieldgate LaneSK35Z202529/06/20252adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202512/06/20254adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202530/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202514/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202526/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202520/06/202510adult
Udea olivalisLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202519/06/20252adult
Udea olivalisStretton Handley School - Beresford LnSK36Q202519/06/20257adult
Udea olivalisBuxton (w)SK07R202520/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisShirland - Hallfieldgate LaneSK35Z202520/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202508/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202518/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisShirland - Hallfieldgate LaneSK35Z202506/06/20252adult
Udea olivalisLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202524/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202517/06/20255adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202527/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202521/06/20254adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202524/06/20255adult
Udea olivalisMiller's Dale SK17G202527/06/20252adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202510/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202520/06/20251adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202513/06/20257adult
Udea olivalisLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202528/06/20252adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202518/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202530/06/20253adult
Udea olivalisCote Heath Allotments, Buxton SK07R202521/06/202513adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202520/05/20251adult
Udea olivalisShirland - Hallfieldgate LaneSK35Z202530/05/20251adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202524/05/20251adult
Udea olivalisFenny Bentley, DerbyshireSK15Q202531/05/20252adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202528/05/20252adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202531/05/20256adult
Udea olivalisFroggattSK27N202520/05/20251adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202529/05/20251adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202409/07/20242adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202412/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202419/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisDerbyshire, UKSK26Q202431/07/20241
Udea olivalisStonebroom.SK45E202410/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisLower Cromford GardenSK25Y202402/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202413/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202423/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisWest Park Fox Covert LNRSK43W202431/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202404/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202416/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202414/07/20243adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202408/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisDarley BridgeSK26Q202411/07/20241
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202418/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202417/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisStretton Handley School - Beresford LnSK36Q202417/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202402/07/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202419/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202402/06/20242adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202423/06/20245adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202418/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202424/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202426/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202426/06/20247adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202429/06/20245adult
Udea olivalisHathersageSK28F202420/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202420/06/20243adult
Udea olivalisBelperSK34U202426/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202404/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisHolloway, MatlockSK35I202425/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202420/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202425/06/20245adult
Udea olivalisCote Heath Allotments, BuxtonSK07R202424/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202428/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisStonebroom.SK45E202424/06/20242adult
Udea olivalisDarley BridgeSK26Q202427/06/20241
Udea olivalisFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202421/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisHigh Leas Farm, RiberSK35D202429/06/202415adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202421/06/20242adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202406/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisVia GelliaSK25T202424/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisAllestree, DerbySK33P202423/06/20242adult
Udea olivalisMiller's Dale, woodland near stationSK17G202426/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisShirland - Hallfieldgate LaneSK35Z202424/06/20245Adult
Udea olivalisStonebroomSK45E202426/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202402/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisFroggatt, Hope ValleySK27N202422/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202411/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisupper cromford gardenSK25Y202418/06/20241adult
Udea olivalisHigh Leas Farm, RiberSK35D202429/06/20245adult

Sensible limit reached – too many records to list on the page

Udea prunalis       Patania ruralis

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