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Small Fan-foot
Herminia grisealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Erebidae: Herminiinae
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Photo © Darren Underwood,  Long Melford (23/06/2022)

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Fan-foot
Herminia tarsipennalis
Shaded Fan-foot
Herminia tarsicrinalis
Forewing: 11-13mm.
Flight: One generation June-Aug.
Foodplant:   Pedunculate Oak, birches, Hazel, Hawthorn and sallows.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Status
Morley's Final Catalogue: By no means scarce, often at light with the last species. Copdaock, infrequent about Ipswich, occassionally in Monks Soham garden, Stowmarket, Aldeburgh, Beccles, Bungay.

Recent Suffolk Status: Common.

Life history: Single-brooded in the summer.

Identification: Similar to other species of Fan-foot. Small Fan-foot is the smallest species and the outer line curves to the top corner of the forewing. Shaded Fan-foot has a straighter first cross-line and darker shading across the centre of the forewing. Fan-foot is a larger moth. Common Fan-foot (extinct in the county) has a greyish forewing and a white hindwing.

Habitat: Woodland, scrub, wooded heathland, gardens.

Recorded in 46 (79%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1940.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
19/07/2024125TM49Somerleyton/Beccles
18/07/2024125TM25Wickham Market/Otley
28/06/2024126TL84Sudbury/Glemsford
23/06/2024225TM49Somerleyton/Beccles
18/06/2024225TG40Belton/Burgh Castle
02/06/2024126TL84Sudbury/Glemsford
03/09/2023125TM59Lowestoft
16/07/2023125TG40Belton/Burgh Castle
07/07/2023225TM49Somerleyton/Beccles
24/06/2023125TM24Woodbridge/Martlesham
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