Orange Swift - Triodia sylvina (Male)

BF
0015
ABH
03.001
Type
Macro moth
Status
Common
Family Name
Hepialidae
Forewing
12-18mm
Flight Times
June-Sept
Foodplants
Herbaceous plants
Discoverer
Linnaeus
Discovery Year
1761
Comments
The Swifts are in evolutionary terms the most primitive family of macros found in the British Isles. Males smaller and more brightly coloured than the females.
Previous Name
Hepialus sylvina
Top
Top with ruler
Alternate view
Left profile - 1
Left profile - 2
Right profile - 1
Right profile - 2
Right profile - 3
Right profile - 4
Right profile - 5
Right profile - 6
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Total caught: 148
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0
2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 0 0 0
2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0
2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 0 0
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 0 0 0
2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 0 0
2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 55 0 0 0