Species Details

ABH: 62.010

BF: 1449

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Elegia similella

Authority: (Zincken, 1818)

Vernacular: White-barred Knot-horn

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 21 May (2020) — 15 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak), Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/elegia-similella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 31

Individuals: 11

Earliest Year: 1957

Latest Year: 2020

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