Species Details

ABH: 63.018

BF: 1378

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Pyraustinae

Taxon: Anania coronata

=Eurrhypara coronata

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1767)

Vernacular: Elder Pearl

Account: Common on rough ground and in gardens throughout England, Wales and Ireland The main confusion species is the far rarer P. stachydalis, which differs, for example, in the distinctly irregular distal edge of the large white spots on the hindwing and forewing — in P. coronata these white spots are neatly delineated and circular — and the slightly falcate wing-tip of P. stachydalis. Larva feeds on Elder, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 23 — 26mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jun (2008) — 15 Sep (2020)

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/anania-coronata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 225

Individuals: 66

Earliest Year: 1975

Latest Year: 2025

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