72.012 BF2029 – Brown-tail – Erebidae – Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Brown-tail – Erebidae – Lymantriinae – Euproctis chrysorrhoea – colour code •
STATUS – Extremely rare and current status unknown. First recorded in 1902 and the last modern day record was in 1999. This specimen, a male, was trapped overnight on 30th June 2015, in a garden in Findern, in the south of the county and appears to be the first record since the 1999 individual. It is mainly a coastal species and is rarely seen in inland counties.
ID POINTERS – A fairly distinctive all white moth, that has a slightly silky appearance to the upper-wing surfaces, with a chocolate-brown abdomen in the male and brownish – grey in the female. The female has a brown tuft at the tip of the abdomen. The male has heavily feathered antennae
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing July – August.
IMAGES – Findern, Derbyshire – Tony Davison© and Brian Hallam©
Brown-tail – male
