Species Details

ABH: 62.074

BF: 1421

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Pyralinae

Taxon: Aglossa pinguinalis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Large Tabby

Account: Local around farm buildings, barns, warehouses and granaries throughout the British Isles Very variable in size, but not really similar to any other British moth. Larva feeds on detritus and animal waste.

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: 30 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Jun (2018) — 3 Aug (2011)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/aglossa-pinguinalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 27

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1991

Latest Year: 2024

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