UKMoths Feathered Ear Pachetra sagittigera - 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.
73.262 BF2151
Feathered Ear Pachetra sagittigera
(Hufnagel, 1766)
Wingspan 38-50 mm.
Once resident in the chalk downland areas of southern England, this species is now thought to be extinct in this country, as there have been no records of the moth since the early 1960s.
The continental examples depicted are of the nominate form, which is generally darker than the British subspecies brittanica.
The larvae feed on grasses, especially meadow-grass (Poa spp.).
More images
