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Common Fan-foot
Pechipogo strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erebidae: Herminiinae
2488 / 72.056
Photo © Patrick Clement,  Wyre Forest, Worcestershire. June 1st 2019.

Similar West Midlands Species
Fan-foot
Herminia tarsipennalis
Forewing: 14-16mm
Flight: May - June
Foodplant:   Pedunculate Oak.
Red List: Near Threatened (NT)
GB status: Nationally Rare
Former Status: Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4

A rare and local but declining resident.

A species of old oak woodland like the Wyre Forest.

Overwinters as a full grown larva. Adults come to light in small numbers.

Note the name doesn't help! It is far from common; the Fan-foot is the common species. Dissection will be needed to secure a record of this species which is generally paler than Fan-foot.

Verification Grade Comment: Very scarce.

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 17 (12%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1863.
Last Recorded in 2021.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
15/09/2021137SO77 - Wyre Forest
09/07/2021337SO87 - Kidderminster
02/07/2021737SO77 - Wyre Forest
16/06/2019537SO77 - Wyre Forest
01/06/2019337SO77 - Wyre Forest
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