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– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
– easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: Large tufted labial palps – Overall creamy, silvery off whiye base colour to forewings. A long longitudinal streak from the base to apex of tawny brown. Several black spots dotted within forewing
Distribution: (Last record: 7 March 2025 at Hathersage ) – Significant record – two accounts 23/6/2021 Little Hayfield and 22/6/2022 Hathersage
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Last Recorded Year: 2022
Last Recorded By – The late Claire Miles
Last Recorded General Area – Hathersage
Selected Images:
Little Hayfield (2021) The late Claire Miles©
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Distribution Map for Pleurota bicostella
Found 4 records
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 2 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 2 from Before 2020
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 2 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 2 from Before 2020
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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.
NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Pleurota bicostella
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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.
Monthly Records By Year:
Pleurota bicostella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year: Pleurota bicostella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Pleurota bicostella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]
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Recordings By Year: Pleurota bicostella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Pleurota bicostella
AGR: -7.06% | Total % Change: -66.7%
CUSUM Analysis: Pleurota bicostella
About this chart: CUSUM (Cumulative Sum) charts track long-term trends in moth populations [ filtered by 'Adult' and 'Mine' life stages ] by showing whether each year’s counts are above or below the historical average. Even small shifts build up over time, making trends of growth, stability, or decline easier to see. CUSUM highlights trend-consistency — asking: “Across the years, have moth counts mostly stayed above or below average?”
The data sample has 22 gap year/s here (zero records) between 2000 and 2025. The moth may have been present in those gap years, but no data was available. Too many year-gaps may exaggerate or skew the chart.
Counts for the current year (2025) are pro-rated based on data available up to month 8 (August) to provide a full-year equivalent.
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Purple line rises = years better than average; falls = years worse than average.
Peak (best year)
Trough (worst year)
Growth periods
Decline periods
Population peaked around 2007, reaching above average levels. The lowest population point occurred near 2022, showing a significant decline.
What the Y-axis "Cumulative Deviation" means: Cumulative Deviation shows the running total of how each year’s moth population count differs from the long-term average. i
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Pleurota bicostella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Pleurota bicostella
Pleurota bicostella
( data includes Adult Stage only )
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 - Pleurota bicostella – 4 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK, Derbyshire, Little Hayfield | SK08J | 22/06/2022 | 1 | adult | vc57_irecords_extract |
| Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK | SK28F | 23/06/2021 | 1 | adult | vc57_irecords_extract |
| Millstone Edge,Hathersage | SK28K | 04/06/2010 | 1 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |
| Beeley Moor, Beeley | SK26Y | 06/06/2007 | 3 | Adult | vc57_danes_bc_data |