Strong indications of the establishment of the Hoary Footman, Eilema caniola (Hb.) (Lep.: Arctiidae) at Chorleywood, on the Buckinghamshire - Hertfordshire border

摘要

The Hoary Footman Eilema caniola (Hb.) is a resident and suspected immigrant that has been formally afforded Nationally Scarce, status. Until recently, its range within the British Isles has been mainly restricted to coastal areas of south-west England and Wales, but during the last decade or so it has been spreading eastwards along the south coast with occasional sightings inland. Some of these inland sites, in Berkshire, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex, are said to be associated withquarries. The larval foodplants are lichens and algae growing on seaside cliffs and rocks, but it is also reported as feeding on bird's-foot trefoil and other leguminous plants.