Species Details

ABH: 29.002

BF: 664

Family: Chimabachidae

Taxon: Diurnea lipsiella

=Diurnea phryganella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Late Reveller

Account: Local in oak woodland throughout much of the British Isles, but not in the Highlands or Islands of Scotland Males fly at night and also for several hours from midday to early afternoon on warm windless days; small swarms of males have been seen occasionally at such times, fluttering amongst low plants on the woodland floor while assembling to the barely flightless females (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). Larva feeds on Oak, living between leaves spun together with silk, over-wintering as an egg.

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: male 22 — 25 mm; female 15 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Oct (2023) — 13 Nov (2003)

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: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/diurnea-lipsiella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 40

Individuals: 74

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2025

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