Species Details

ABH: 63.087

BF: 1299

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Crambus hamella

Authority: (Thunberg, 1788)

Vernacular: Southern Heath Grass-moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on dry heathland, in England and southern Scotland The characteristically shaped longitudinal stria precludes confusion with any other species [Goater]. Larva feeds on Wavy Hair-grass.

Updated August 2019: New for Isle of Wight

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: 24 — 27 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jul (2012) — 27 Sep (2006)

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

Foodplant: Deschampsia flexuosa (Wavy Hair-grass).

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/crambus-hamella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 32

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2018

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