- 45.004 BF1501 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Platyptilia gonodactyla
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Platyptilia gonodactyla – Triangle Plume
STATUS – Locally fairly common on low ground in the county.
ID POINTERS – Forewing cleft into lobes at about three-quarters. The costal lobe long and pointed. Pale brown with whitish scales often arranged in very fine, obscure, cross-lines in the mid-wing. A dark brownish triangular mark in ...
- 45.008 BF1504 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Gillmeria pallidactyla
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Gillmeria pallidactyla – Yarrow Plume
STATUS – Probably has a localised status in the county being recorded on Yarrow.
ID POINTERS – Forewing is twisted being pale yellowish or whitish brown. Darker along the costa from the base. An obscure whitish costal spot
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing in ~June & July – come ...
- 45.009 BF1503 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Gillmeria ochrodactyla
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Gillmeria ochrodactyla – Tansy Plume
STATUS – Uncertain with so few records received. Seems to be very localised despite plenty of the food-plant (Tansy) being fairly widespread.
ID POINTERS – Very similar to P.pallidactyla, except this species has the hind-leg banded brown and white below the middle spurs, and is often more distinctly marked ...
- 45.010 BF1497 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Amblyptilia acanthadactyla – Beautiful Plume
STATUS – No twentieth century records at 1988. This species became much more frequent in gardens during the 1990’s. Would suggest it is now well established in the county as a common species.
ID POINTERS – Forewing is twisted and a warm reddish brown in colour with two ...
- 45.012 BF1509 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Stenoptilia pterodactyla
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Stenoptilia pterodactyla – Brown Plume
STATUS – Widely distributed across the county, except the high moorland areas.
ID POINTERS – Forewing is twisted and a warm reddish brown to yellowish brown in colour. Two small dark spots in the twist towards the wing tips
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing in June – August
IMAGES – ...
- 45.019 BF1506 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Stenoptilia millieridactyla
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Stenoptilia millieridactyla – Saxifrage Plume
STATUS – A very localised species in Derbyshire, as it is eleswhere in Britian. It was introduced in the late 1960’s and is spreading. Garden records may originate from larvae introduced with cultivated plants of S.Hypnoides, but the moth is able to spread between gardens, and has ...
- 45.028 BF1494 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Capperia britanniodactylus
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Capperia britanniodactylus – Wood Sage Plume
STATUS – Locally common in the county on Wood Sage. Generally only seen from dusk onwards.
ID POINTERS – Forewing cleft into lobes. Dark brownish colour with two angled white lines most obvious in the costal lobe. The hind-wing has an obvious dark blackish mark towards the ...
- 45.030 BF1513 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Pterophorus pentadactyla – White Plume Moth
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Pterophorus pentadactyla – White Plume Moth
STATUS – Locally fairly common in the county on Convolvulus & Bindweed and generally found in gardens and on waste ground.
ID POINTERS – Very distinctive and one of the larger plume moths. Wings are divided into several “fingers” each of which are intricately feathered or plumed.
FLIGHT ...
- 45.041 BF1500 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Hellinsia osteodactylus – Small Goldenrod Plume
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Hellinsia osteodactylus – Small Goldenrod Plume
STATUS – Appears to be a scarce species in Derbyshire, but probably locally common where there is Goldenrod.
ID POINTERS – Yellowish-white to bright yellow. The lobe has a small brown costal dash and a spot at the base of the wing cleft which is sometimes indistinct.
FLIGHT ...
- 45.043 BF1517 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Adaina microdactyla
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Adaina microdactyla – Hemp-agrimony Plume
STATUS – Appears to be a localised species in Derbyshire, but probably locally common where there is Hemp-agrimony. Very few records.
ID POINTERS – A small pale species with forewing cleft into lobes at about one half. Pale yellowish sometimes yellowish-white, pale brown or pale grey. A small ...
- 45.044 BF1524 – Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Emmelina monodactyla
Pterophoridae – Pterophorinae – Emmelina monodactyla – Common Plume
STATUS – Common and widely distributed across the county on Convovulus and Bindweed.
ID POINTERS – Forewing is twisted or divided and is a pale brownish colour. Moth rests looking like a cross or T Shape. Marks usually include a small dark spot at one-third along forewing. Abdomen ...