Photo © Mike Wall

Tansy Plume

Gillmeria ochrodactyla

Checklist Number
45.009 [B&F: 1503]

Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity

Classification

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

Nationally scarce (Nb) in flower meadows and gardens in parts of England and Wales. In Hampshire the foodplant is very local and so, therefore is the moth, which is known only from the Portsmouth area, where it is common amongst the foodplant. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 24-28 mm. Similar to G. pallidactyla but the third pair of legs in the latter is largely one colour, in the present species it is banded brown and white below the middle spur, and the forewing is more distinctly marked. Gillmeria ochrodactyla flies around tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), and therefore also on ruderal grasslands. G. pallidactyla lives on yarrow (Achillea).

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
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Bonchurch (SZ57)07/07/2017onePhil BardenAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Eastney (SZ69)22/07/1978-J R LangmaidAdult
Eastney (SZ69)31/05/1979-J R LangmaidLarval
Eastney (SZ69)20/06/1981-J R LangmaidLarval
Eastney (SZ69)04/08/1984twoJ R Langmaid, R M PalmerAdult
Milton Common (SU60)28/05/1995-J R Langmaid, R J HeckfordLarval
Portsmouth (SU60)22/06/1997oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)05/08/1999oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)18/07/2000oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)26/07/2000oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)18/07/2003threeIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)19/07/2003oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)22/07/2003oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Milton Common (SU60)20/05/2004-J R Langmaid, A J Pickles, I R ThirlwellLarval
Portsmouth (SU60)26/07/2004oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)27/07/2004oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Stanpit (SZ19)15/07/200516P A Davey, R P HarleyAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)26/06/2011oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)01/07/2011oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)23/07/2013oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)25/08/2013oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)25/07/2016oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)29/07/2019oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)30/07/2019oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)21/07/2021oneIan ThirlwellAdult