Barred tooth-striped moth  (Trichopteryx polycommata)

Learn about the scientific name of this species and how it fits into the tree of life at Nature Navigator.

Threats

On downland, the species has suffered as a result of habitat loss and scrub invasion due to inappropriate management. New methods of woodland management have caused problems by removing the foodplant during timber extraction. Woodland clearings and rides can become overgrown and the foodplant shaded out following abandonment or neglect (3).

Conservation

The Barred Tooth-striped moth is a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP), and the Species Action Plan produced aims to maintain all known populations, with enhancement of these populations by the year 2010 (3). A number of colonies occur within existing Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and nature reserves (3). Suggested measures to help the species include appropriate habitat management, surveying, monitoring and ecological research (3).

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
There may be further information about this species available via the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.
The UK Biodiversity Action Plan for this species is available at UK BAP.
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