Rare immigrant from southern Europe, with over 100 records of the adult in the British Isles; larvae and pupae have been found in some years, especially in the 1990s. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight a scarce immigrant with about twenty records from all three vice-counties. Wingspan 18-25 mm. Could be confused with Small Marbled E. parva which is usually much smaller, and has the forewing postmedian fascia present, curved almost as a semicircle below the costa (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on flowers and seedheads of various thistles, no evidence of breeding in the UK.
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Detail records |
Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
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VC10 Isle of Wight |
Bembridge (SZ68) | 14/06/1858 | - | IWNHS | Adult |
Bembridge (SZ68) | 11/08/1858 | - | IWNHS | Adult |
Bembridge (SZ68) | 24/08/1858 | - | IWNHS | Adult |
Freshwater (SZ38) | 1880 | - | Dale | Adult |
Chale Green (SZ47) | 20-May-1992 | three | Colenutt, S | Adult |
Freshwater (SZ38) | 26-Aug-1992 | one | Knill-Jones, Sam | Adult |
Bonchurch (SZ57) | 18-Jun-2006 | one | Halsey, James | Adult |
Atherfield (SZ48) | 14-Nov-2014 | one | Dana, Dave | Adult |
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VC11 South Hampshire |
Sandy Down (SZ39) | 30-Oct-1952 | one | Robinson, PJM | Adult |
Chilling (SU50) | 15-May-1992 | one | Potts, PM | Adult |
Bishops Waltham (SU51) | 08-Aug-1992 | one | Fisher, J | Adult |
Beaulieu (SU30) | 15-Oct-1995 | one | Ivon-Jones, B | Adult |
Knatchbull Close (SU32) | 18-Oct-2017 | one | Boswell, Simon A. | Adult |
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VC12 North Hampshire |
(SU54) | 1951 | - | Not known | - |
Micheldever (SU54) | 30-Jun-1957 | one | Dixon, CH | Adult |
Martyr Worthy (SU53) | 15-May-1969 | one | Ffennell, DWH | Adult |
Martyr Worthy (SU53) | 23-May-1969 | one | Ffennell, DWH | Adult |
Selborne (SU73) | 01-Oct-1999 | one | Aston, A | Adult |
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