Status
Morley’s Final Catalogue: Generally distributed and frequent among hay-refuse, from Wixhoe and Clare-Stoke through Ipswich, Monks Soham and Dennington at light, to Gorleston in September 1931.
Recent Status: The species is well recorded across Suffolk.
Life Style: A single brooded summer flying species that will come sparingly to light. The larvae feed on dry plant material from a silken gallery. This includes chaff, hay, cereals, sheep and rabbit dung. They pupate in a cocoon.
Identification: Aglossa pinguinalis is a broad triangular shape at rest with prominent semi-erect palps. The female is larger than the male. The wings are cream to straw colour densely irrorate with black scales. There are strongly dentate pre and post median lines.Recorded in 38 (66%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1931.
Last Recorded in 2023. |