UKMoths Pale Shoulder Acontia lucida - Distribution map
Please note that the NBN Gateway map service has been terminated as of 1 April 2017.
As soon as a replacement map service is available, distribution maps will hopefully appear here again.
In the meantime, you can get some idea of distribution from the NBN Atlas website.
73.028 BF2415
Pale Shoulder Acontia lucida
(Hufnagel, 1766)
Wingspan 26-30 mm.
A rare migrant to the south coast, there were a number of records in the 19th century, and then none until two appeared on the same night in August 1994, in Kent and Dorset. Since then there have been a handful of records, mainly in July and August.
Abroad, it occurs in southern Europe, where it flies between May and August in two broods. It prefers to fly on sunny days, but the recent British records have all been to light at night.
On the continent it feeds on mallow (Malva and Althaea spp.) and field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
More images
