Evergestis pallidata
Wingspan 24 to 29 mm. A fairly distinctive moth with pale creamy wings laced with dark brown markings.
Various habitats including damp open woodland and other damp areas.
The moths fly between June and August when they are attracted to light.
The larvae feed on various Brassicaceae, in particular Winter-cress (Barbarea vulgaris).
It is distributed in the southern half of England to the Midlands, and also occurs in Scotland and Ireland. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = C (very scarce resident or rare migrant).
Mark Skevington
Pickworth Great Wood
19 July 2006
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
09 July 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Chequered Pearl
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Crambidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 19/07/2006 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 07/08/2022 (Pegler, Richard)
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