Species Details

ABH: 63.114

BF: 1345

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Acentropinae

Taxon: Elophila nymphaeata

=Nymphula nymphaeata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Brown China-mark

Account: Common in ponds and ditches throughout the British Isles The main confusion species is Beautiful China-mark Nymphula stagnata, but Brown China-mark is larger, with broader, browner wings. Larva feeds on aquatic plants such as Water-lily, Bur-reed and Pondweed Potamogeton, living entirely underwater.

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: 25 — 33 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2009) — 16 Sep (2018)

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

Foodplant: Hydrocharis sp., Potamogeton sp., Sparganium sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/elophila-nymphaeata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 117

Individuals: 35

Earliest Year: 1987

Latest Year: 2024

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