Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis) - Herts & Middlesex Moths


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Fan-foot
Herminia tarsipennalis (Treitschke, 1835)
Erebidae : Herminiinae

2489 / 72.053

Photo © David Hunt, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (02/07/16)

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species
Common Fan-foot Pechipogo strigilata

Shaded Fan-foot
Herminia tarsicrinalis

Forewing:	13-16mm.
Flight:	One generation June-Aug.
Foodplant:	Withered fallen leaves from oaks, Beech. etc
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

General comments:
Widespread and common resident.
A species that is as much at home in gardens as it is in woodlands and other more rural habitats.

Recorded in 34 (83%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1900.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest Records
Date	#	VC	10k - General Area
10/08/2023	2	20	TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
06/08/2023	2	20	TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock
04/08/2023	1	20	TL31 - Hertford
03/08/2023	2	20	TL31 - Hertford
02/08/2023	1	20	SP90 - Berkhamsted
31/07/2023	1	20	TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
31/07/2023	1	20	TL42 - Bishop's Stortford (N)
29/07/2023	1	20	SP90 - Berkhamsted
29/07/2023	1	20	TL00 - Hemel Hempstead
29/07/2023	1	20	TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth

Further info: Herminia tarsipennalis

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		Herts & Middlesex Moths (Full)

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