Adventist

Thursday October 12

It had me puzzled. Pam found a pretty little micro moth on an outside window. I had no memory of seeing it before, I couldn't find it in the moth book, and ObsId told me that it came from South Africa. I sent a photo to Richard E who responded very quickly. I had seen one before. The first was found on a window by Ian and Sue. It was dead when we saw it - but we found a live one ourselves a few days later. This year, we have found four in total. Mike and a few others have also trapped one, or found on on an outside window. Musatima Nitidalis

 

Norfolk status
Adventive species, now resident in Norfolk.
Native to Australia and New Zealand, this adventive moth was first recorded in the UK in Dorset August 2009, thought imported with ferns as a result of the horticultural trade.
It has since spread widely, with multiple sightings from other sites in southern England.

The larvae feed on various ferns such as Bracken.

New for Norfolk in May 2020 when an adult moth was netted at Horsford woods (A. Starace, 23/05/2020)
Several records in subsequent years, with an established colony now at Horsford and probably other locations in Norfolk.

(aka: Fern China-mark)

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