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Orange Swift

Triodia sylvina

Checklist Number
03.001 [B&F: 0015]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Hepialidae
Subfamily:Hepialinae
Genus:Triodia
Species:sylvina
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1761)

Common in gardens, woodland and rough grassland, and on roadside verges, downland and moorland throughout Britain, including the Isles of Scilly, but excluding the Northern Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight common in woodland wherever bracken grows. Wingspan male 32-39 mm, female 36-48 mm. Male brighter than female, but both distinguished from their congeners by the open dark-edged V-shaped diagonal lines on forewing. Larva feeds within roots of Broad-leaved Dock, Dandelion, Bracken and various grasses, over-wintering twice.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Adult
Larval

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