Sunday 5 August 2007

Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla)

OTHER NAMES: Common Plume Moth, Morning-glory Plume Moth, T-Moth 
Latin Etymology: Emmelina (?) monodactyla ("one fingered")
Adult Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla) at Geddington, Northants - September 2016

Featured Subspecies: ?
Weight: ?  /  Length: ?  /  Wingspan: 18-27
NO UK STATUS IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated 

The Plume Moths in general are a bizarre looking family - they have somewhat corrugated wings which allow them to be folded up into functionally single rods, giving them their distinctive "T" shape when at rest.  As one of their alternate names suggest, their foodplants as larvae are primarily from the bindweed family, and this has allowed them a huge range, being found over much of the Northern Hemisphere.

Related Species:
Order: Lepidoptera 
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Emmelina
SUBSPECIES: ?

- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM A fairly common resident
 - Seen in Geddington

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto

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