Erebidae

72.028 Patton's Tiger Hyphoraia testudinaria (Geoffroy, 1785)

Immigrant

Similar species: This moth is unlikely to be mistaken for any other British or Irish species.

Forewing: 17 to 22mm

Habitats: In Europe it inhabits mountain moorland and grasslands.

Habits: The first record of this moth in Britain was at light in West Sussex in May 2005.

Foodplant: On the European mainland it feeds on docks and sorrels, Dandelion, plantains, Yarrow, hawkweeds, cinquefoils, Cypress Spurge, grasses such as Tufted Hair-grass and small-reeds, and many other low growing plants. It pupates amongst plant foliage or in the leaf litter.