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Rose Plume

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

Checklist Number
45.022 [B&F: 1496]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Pterophoridae
Subfamily:Pterophorinae
Genus:Cnaemidophorus
Species:rhododactyla
Authority:([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Nationally scarce (Na) in hedgerows and woodland in parts of south-eastern England. In Hampshire known only from Botley Wood, where it was first seen in 1977, with a probable immigrant individual being the first on the Isle of Wight in 2020. Wingspan 18-26 mm. A fairly distinctive plume moth. Larva feeds on buds, flowers and leaves of Wild Rose, Dog-rose and Cultivated Rose.

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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Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Bonchurch (SZ57)16/07/2009oneJames HalseyAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)24/06/2020oneIain OutlawAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Botley Wood (SU50)15/07/1977oneJeremy ChaddAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)16/07/2004twoRichard J DicksonAdult
Cams Hall (SU50)15/07/2005oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU51)18/07/2008oneKeith WheelerAdult
Winter Down Copse, Little Somborne (SU33)19/07/2021oneGlynne EvansAdult