Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.

I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.

The list of moths listed in this Macro-moths blog and the Micro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.

Common Plume - Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume --- Emmelina monodactyla.

The moth is from the family of Pterophoridae – subfamily ---- Pterophorinae.

One of the commonest of the 'Plume' moths that's distributed throughout the UK

It Is a small-sized macro moth, with a wingspan of 18 to 27 mm.

The adults occur in all months of the year.

The moth's habitat is anywhere the larval foodplants occur.

It overwinters as a larva.

The Larva appears from September to May and June to August.

It pupates on the foliage of the food plant.

The species feeds mainly on bindweeds

The moth is classed as common and is widespread throughout the UK.

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