Mother of Pearl - Patania ruralis*

BF
1405
ABH
63.038
Type
Micro moth
Status
Common
Previous Name
Pleuroptya ruralis
Family Name
Crambidae
Sub Family Name
Spilomelinae
Forewing
15-17mm
Flight Times
June-Oct
Foodplants
Nettle
Discoverer
Scopoli
Discovery Year
1763
Comments
If you find stinging nettles with their leaves tightly curled with silk and inside a dull greenish caterpillar which rapidly scurries off if you open its home that is this species.
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Alternate view - 1
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Left profile - 1
Left profile - 2
Left profile - 3
Right profile - 1
Right profile - 2
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Total caught: 409
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0
2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 4 0 0 0
2014 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14 2 0 0 0
2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60 2 0 0 0
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 7 0 0 0
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 24 0 0 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 35 0 0 0 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 31 0 0 0 0
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 28 1 0 0 0
2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 6 0 0 0
2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0
2023 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 0
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 2 0 0 0
2025 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 1 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 2 104 274 28 1 0 0