72.002 BF2474 – Straw Dot – Erebidae – Rivula sericealis
Straw Dot – Erebidae – Rivulinae – Rivula sericealis – colour code •
STATUS – In 1986 described as uncommon and locally distributed in Derbyshire. It is now a common moth and well distributed across the county, being widespread from the Trent valley through the coal measures to the Limestone region in the north east. Also recorded from the north west region west of the Pennines.
ID POINTERS – A small triangular shaped moth, that gets its name from the straw-brown ground colour to the forewing, with a large blackish-brown kidney mark in the central area of the wing close to the leading edge (under a lens the colour is revealed as purplish-black). The outer edge shows an orange-brown semi-smudged cross-band with small white dots forming an outer line. An unmistakable little moth
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing July – August.
IMAGES – Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
Straw Dot
Straw Dot – This one was quiet a late record – 6th October 2006.