Species Details

ABH: 62.047

BF: 1461

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Assara terebrella

Authority: (Zincken, 1818)

Vernacular: Dark Spruce Knot-horn

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in coniferous woodland and plantations throughout much of southern England Larva feeds within cones of Norway Spruce, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas.

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: 22 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 31 May (2014) — 29 Aug (2011)

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

Foodplant: Picea abies (Norway Spruce).

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/assara-terebrella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 33

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2020

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