45.030 White Plume

Pterophorus pentadactyla

TQ4692 04/07/2019 ©Raymond Small

One of the largest and distinctive plume moths. It inhabits meadows, gardens and waste ground and normally flies in June and July after dusk. This fairly common moth has a wingspan of 26-34 mm. Bindweed is the larval foodplant.

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