Species Details

ABH: 47.005

BF: 483

Family: Epermeniidae

Subfamily: Epermeniinae

Taxon: Epermenia chaerophyllella

Authority: (Goeze, 1783)

Vernacular: Common Ridge-back

Account: Common in rough ground, hedgerows and damp grassland throughout much of the British Isles Larva mines leaves of Hogweed, Wild Parsnip, Cow Parsley, Wild Angelica and Wild Carrot, subsequently feeding gregariously in a slight web.

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: 12 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Apr (2014) — 25 Aug (2007)

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

Foodplant: Angelica sp., Anthriscus sp., Heracleum sphondylium (Hogweed), Pastinaca 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/epermenia-chaerophyllella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 75

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2024

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