Photo © Mike Wall
Satin Lutestring
Tetheella fluctuosa
Checklist Number65.012 [B&F: 1656]
Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity
Classification
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Subfamily: | Thyatirinae |
| Genus: | Tetheella |
| Species: | fluctuosa |
| Authority: | (Hübner, [1803]) |
Local in broad-leaved, especially birch, woodland and heathland throughout England and Wales. In Hampshire the population is centred in the extreme south-eastern corner of vice-county 12 (north Hampshire), with scattered records in south Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 35-38 mm. The main confusion species is Common Lutestring Ochropacha duplaris, which differs, for example, in the small apical dash, which originates at the apex in Common Lutestring, and some way down the costa in Satin Lutestring. Larva feeds on Silver and Downy Birch, over-wintering as a pupa.
The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:
No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
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| Larval | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
