Cannot be confused with any other moth in the UK, the two parallel slanting silvery-white bars on the forewing being characteristic. Easily disturbed by day and flies from dusk into the night.
Size and Family
- Family – Eustrotiines
- Small Sized
Conservation status
- UK BAP: Not listed
- Rare (Red Data Book category 3)
Caterpillar Food Plants
Purple Moor-grass and Smooth Meadow-grass.
Habitat
Fens, marshes and peat bogs. Has also been found on damp grassland below chalk downs.
Distribution
- Countries – England, Ireland
- Very restricted in distribution, being found on Chippenham Fen and Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire. During the 19th century, it was found more widely on the wetlands of Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Now also found on a small coastal marsh near Sandwich, Kent, with another colony near Dover. Singles, presumed immigrants, have been seen elsewhere. Also known from Co. Kerry and Co. Cork, Ireland.
Silver Barred - Ryszard Szczygieł
Silver Barred
Ryszard Szczygieł
Silver Barred - Koen Thonissen
Silver Barred
Koen Thonissen
Silver Barred - Ilia Ustyantsev
Silver Barred
Ilia Ustyantsev
Silver Barred - Ilia Ustyantsev
Silver Barred
Ilia Ustyantsev
Silver Barred - Ilia Ustyantsev
Silver Barred
Ilia Ustyantsev
Silver Barred - Stuart Read
Silver Barred
Stuart Read
