Species Details

ABH: 72.013

BF: 2030

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Lymantriinae

Taxon: Euproctis similis

Authority: (Fuessly, 1775)

Vernacular: Yellow-tail

Account: Common in hedgerows, woodland, scrub and gardens throughout England, increasingly also in Scotland, female 37-45 mm. The main confusion species are Brown-tail E. chrysorrhoea, in which the underside of the abdomen is covered in brown hairs, and White Satin Leucoma salicis which lacks the yellow abdomen of E. similis and has legs ringed black and white. Larva feeds on Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Hazel, Pedunculate and Sessile Oak, Silver and Downy Birch, Sallow and Elm.

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 35 — 42 mm; female 37 — 45 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jun (1982) — 9 Oct (1995)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/euproctis-similis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 795

Individuals: 1794

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2025

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