Photo © Iain Outlaw

Antigastra catalaunalis

Checklist Number
63.051 [B&F: 1400]

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

Classification

Family:Crambidae
Subfamily:Spilomelinae
Genus:Antigastra
Species:catalaunalis
Authority:(Duponchel, 1833)

Very rare immigrant to southern England from southern Europe. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight there were just two records prior to 2006, one at Freshwater in 1958 and one in Southampton in 2000; in 2006, a year of significant migrant lepidoptera activity, eight individuals were reported split equally between the two counties. Four more have been recorded since, all but one (in 2022) from the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 19-22 mm. Nascia cilialis has somewhat similar coloration but much broader wings [Goater]. Larva feeds on Purple Toadflax, no evidence of breeding in the UK.

Update: Status review, December 2019.

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

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

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VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater (SZ38)14/09/1958oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)14/09/2006oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)23/09/2006oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)25/09/2006oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)13/10/2006oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)18/10/2017oneIain OutlawAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)15/10/2018oneJames HalseyAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)16/10/2018oneDerek ColemanAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Portswood, Southampton (SU41)01/09/2000oneMr & Mrs A DawsonAdult
Leigh Park (SU70)16/09/2006oneBarry CollinsAdult
Southsea (SZ69)23/09/2006oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Fareham (SU50)10/10/2006oneKeith WheelerAdult
Sandy Point (SZ79)22/10/2006oneAndy JohnsonAdult
Lymington (SZ39)27/10/2022onePete DurnellAdult