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Plutella porrectella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Streaked Diamond-back
(Grey-streaked Smudge)
18.0030 (B&F: 465)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Plutellidae
      »Subfamily: Ochsenheimeriinae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 72
Recorded in: 33 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 20 vii 2023
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

A resident species, widespread, occurring singly or sparingly at mv light in a few places in both vice-counties. Triple-brooded, flying mainly from mid-May to mid-June, most numerously from late July to mid-August, and again during September and October. Larvae feed on dame's-violet. (Pratt, 2011)

Plutella porrectella
Lewes, 29 v 2009
Photo: Peter Tinning
Plutella porrectella
Lindfield, 11 vii 2009
Photo: Bob Foreman

Distribution at 1km scale

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