Silver Barred

Cannot be confused with any other moth in the UK, the two parallel slanting silvery-white bars on the forewing being characteristic. Easily disturbed by day and flies from dusk into the night.

Size and Family

• Family – Eustrotiines
• Small Sized 

Conservation status

• UK BAP: Not listed
• Rare (Red Data Book category 3)

Caterpillar Food Plants

Purple Moor-grass and Smooth Meadow-grass.

Habitat

Distribution

• Countries – England, Ireland
• Very restricted in distribution, being found on Chippenham Fen and Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire. During the 19^th century, it was found more widely on the wetlands of Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Now also found on a small coastal marsh near Sandwich, Kent, with another colony near Dover. Singles, presumed immigrants, have been seen elsewhere. Also known from Co. Kerry and Co. Cork, Ireland.