2056 Wood Tiger, Parasemia plantaginis, (Linnaeus, 1758)
National Status :
Local
Local Status :
Locally extinct (SMP Status 4)
Habitats :
Moorland, downland and open woodland
Flight Period :
Single-brooded; late May to July
Larval foodplants :
A wide variety of herbaceous plants
Morley's Final Catalogue :
Nearly certainly extinct. Near Ipswich (Bree); Belstead (H. Lingwood); Bentley (Henry Miller, all three ante 1890), whence it has certainly died out. For a possible west Suffolk record, cf Entom. Weekly Intelligencer i,1856, 151.
Wingspan details :
Forewing 17-20mm, Wingspan 34-42mm
Identification
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Further Photographs
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Fontwell Down, Dorset (vii.2004) © N Sherman
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Wiltshire (6.vi.2004) © L Gregory
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Flushed from long grass by day - Kom mountain, Bulgaria (7.vii.2014) © Neil Sherman
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Flushed from sward by day - Martin Down, Hampshire (7.vi.2015) © Neil Sherman
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Flushed from sward by day - Martin Down, Hampshire (7.vi.2015) © Neil Sherman
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