Species Details

ABH: 62.034

BF: 1436

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Acrobasis repandana

Authority: (Fabricius, 1798)

Vernacular: Beautiful Oak Knot-horn

Account: Common in oak and other deciduous woodland and areas with scattered oak-trees throughout England Forewing markings similar to those of C. tumidana, but C. tumidana differs in having a ridge of reddish, raised scales distal to first line, another cluster of such scales at base of wing, and more indistinct, wavy second line [Goater]. Larva feeds on Oak, living between leaves spun together with silk, often high in the canopy.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 20 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jun (2022) — 11 Sep (2023)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acrobasis-repandana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 235

Individuals: 1290

Earliest Year: 1985

Latest Year: 2025

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