Species Details

ABH: 30.004

BF: 659

Family: Lypusidae

Taxon: Amphisbatis incongruella

Authority: (Stainton, 1849)

Vernacular: Obscure Concealer

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) on moorland and heathland throughout much of Britain, although not widely distributed in Wales or Scotland Males fly by day in springtime, in mid-morning sunshine, females largely terrestrial in habits. Larva feeds on Heather, Wild Thyme and Mouse-ear Hawkweed, living within a movable case.

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: 10 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Mar (2009) — 25 Mar (2011)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp., Thymus sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/amphisbatis-incongruella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2012

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