Species Details

ABH: 28.013

BF: 637

Family: Oecophoridae

Subfamily: Oecophorinae

Taxon: Crassa tinctella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Plain Bark Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in ancient woodland throughout much of southern Britain, from Kent to Devon in the south and Lincolnshire and North Wales in the north (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1) Resembles Batia unitella, but ochreous-orange rather than golden-brown, and lacks the contrasting orange head and palps of B. unitella; also, the costa is convex in B. unitella, straight in C. tinctella. Larva feeds on lichens growing on Willow.

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: 14 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (2022) — 5 Jun (2006)

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: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/crassa-tinctella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2022

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