65.014 BF1658 - Oak Lutestring - Drepanidae - Cymatophorina diluta

65.014 BF1658 – Drepanidae – Thyatirinae – Cymatophorina diluta – Oak Lutestring – (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Adult Macro: CAT 1 – Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others –

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– Rare / Uncommon / Scarce

Taxonomy: Macro >> . . >> Drepanidae >> Thyatirinae

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ID Difficulty: green

– easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: Can be variable in colour form as with other lutestring species.Easily recognised by the two strong black-edged, brown cross-bands on a pale grey forewing.

Distribution: A resident that is very scarce and locally distributed across the county. Favours old oak woodland

Flight Period: August / September / – August-September – one generation – comes to sugar and wine ropes

Moth Activity: Nocturnal – and is attracted to light

Photographed: No – Photographed By: Not Recorded

*** Last updated on 25 May 2025 by TD ***

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Forewing: 15-17mm

Food Plant: Pedunculate Oak and Sessile Oak

Last Recorded By – Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area – Spring Wood

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Distribution Map for Cymatophorina diluta

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Found 2 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 2 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Cymatophorina diluta

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Monthly Counts By Year: Cymatophorina diluta

Recordings By Year: Cymatophorina diluta

Cymatophorina diluta

Insufficient records/data for a trend analysis

Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Cymatophorina diluta

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Cymatophorina diluta

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 - Cymatophorina diluta – 2 records available

Listed by Year - descending

Taxon	Site Name	Tetrad	Year	Date	Count	Stage
Cymatophorina diluta	Staunton Harold Resr (site not precise)	SK32R	1985	30/08/1985	10	Adult
Cymatophorina diluta	Staunton Harold Resr (site not precise)	SK32R	1983	29/08/1983 - 05/09/1983	6	Adult