Plumed Fan-foot - 17th July 2026 - Long Eaton - ©Steve Thorpe
72.057 BF2488a  – Plumed Fan-foot  – Pechipogo plumigeralis  – (Hübner, 1825]
Adult Macro:  CAT 3 – Difficult to identify – Quality set of photographs required – Difficult to identify /Very rare/Scarce (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants)/County-level first records      
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Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Macro  >>.  >>  Erebidae  >> Herminiinae
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Fan-foot, Snout, Small fan-foot
ID pointers: The forewing is a dark chocolate brown featuring a distinct subbasal, postmedian and pale-edged subterminal lines with a slightly hooked wing apex.
Distribution:  (First record: 17 July 2026 at Long Eaton )  –  (Last record: 17 July 2026 at Long Eaton )  –  A first record for VC57 Derbyshire when an adult was attracted to a garden light trap at Long Eaton on 17th July 2026. Most likely a migrant or a wanderer. Formerly a rare migrant to the south east coast of England, with the first record in 1995.  The species has now become established as a resident in several south east coastal counties. 
General Comment: None
Flight Period: May /  June /  July /  August /  September –  Two generations between May-September Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –   Photographed By: Claire Richardson-Longmoor, Steve Thorpe  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 19 July 2026 by RP ***
Wingspan: 22-26mm
Food Plant: Broom and Ivy
Last Recorded Year: 2026
First Recorded Year: 2026
Last Recorded By – Claire Richardson-Longmoor
Last Recorded General Area – Long Eaton

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Temporal Distribution Chart
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This chart summarises all available historical occurrence records collated by ISO week of the year. It reflects recorder effort and sampling distribution as well as true biological activity, and should be interpreted as an indicative pattern of seasonal occurrence rather than a statistically controlled abundance or phenology model.

Distribution Map for Pechipogo plumigeralis

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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Pechipogo plumigeralis

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Pechipogo plumigeralis
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Monthly Counts By Year: Pechipogo plumigeralis
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )

First/Last Recorded Dates: Pechipogo plumigeralis
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Recordings By Year: Pechipogo plumigeralis
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Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Pechipogo plumigeralis
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Years Analysed: 2000 – 2026

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Pechipogo plumigeralis
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
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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 2020-2026.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Pechipogo plumigeralis – 0 records available

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