Species Details

ABH: 28.022

BF: 652

Family: Oecophoridae

Subfamily: Oecophorinae

Taxon: Alabonia geoffrella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1767)

Vernacular: Hedge Beauty

Account: Common in woodland, hedgerows and gardens throughout England and Wales. Day-flying, but may come to light. Unmistakable. Larva feeds within the bark of rotten wood.

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: 18 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 May (2022) — 2 Jul (2009)

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: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/alabonia-geoffrella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 77

Individuals: 61

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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