Pleurota bicostella - 23rd June 2021 - Little Hayfield - The late Claire Miles
28.025 BF654  – Heath Streak  – Pleurota bicostella  – (Clerck, 1759)
Adult Micro:  CAT 1 – Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others –      
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Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Oecophoridae  >> Oecophorinae
Other Name/s: Light Streak
ID Difficulty:  green  – 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
General Comment: None
Flight Period: June /  July –  On the wing dawn and just before dusk Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – active during the day, from noon to sunset, and in the early morning and evening Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: The late Claire Miles  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 23-25mm
Food Plant: Heath or Bell Heather
Last Recorded Year: 2022
Last Recorded By – The late Claire Miles
Last Recorded General Area – Hathersage

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Little Hayfield (2021) The late Claire Miles©



Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2007 - 2022)
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Distribution Map for Pleurota bicostella

Found 4 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ 2 from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ 2 from Before 2020
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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.

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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%

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Pleurota bicostella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Pleurota bicostella

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 - Pleurota bicostella – 4 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageRecorderSourceRecordKey
UK, Derbyshire, Little HayfieldSK08J22/06/20221adultMiles, Clairevc57_irecords_extractiBRC28645272
Hathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F23/06/20211adultMiles, Clairevc57_irecords_extractiBRC29594675
Millstone Edge,HathersageSK28K04/06/20101AdultH.E. Beaumont;R.F. Botterillvc57_danes_bc_dataLC000334001CP5AQ
Beeley Moor, BeeleySK26Y06/06/20073AdultB.L. Stathamvc57_danes_bc_dataLC000334001COS9L

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