Species Details

ABH: 62.039

BF: 1486

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Apomyelois bistriatella

=Apomyelois bistriatella subcognata

Authority: (Hulst, 1887)

Vernacular: Phoenix Knot-horn

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on burnt areas in heathland throughout southern England, but erratically and in mobile colonies The main confusion species are Pyla fusca and Ortholepis betulae, which see. Larva feeds on the fungus Daldinia concentrica growing on Birch and Gorse

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 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jun (2006) — 9 Jun (2006)

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

Foodplant: Daldinia sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/apomyelois-bistriatella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2006

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