Species Details

ABH: 19.006

BF: 394

Family: Glyphipterigidae

Subfamily: Glyphipteriginae

Taxon: Glyphipterix forsterella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1781)

Vernacular: Woodland Sedge-moth

Account: Local in damp grassland and woodland throughout mainland Britain and in two vice-counties of Ireland, apparently becoming more widespread and common. In south Hampshire, now widespread and fairly common, but remaining very rare in the north and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 8-11 mm. Separated from several similar species by the clear silver dot in the blackish apical spot (MBGBI Vol 2). Larva feeds within ears of Sedge.

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: 8 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2018) — 11 Jun (2005)

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

Foodplant: Carex sp. (a sedge), Carex vulpina (True Fox-sedge).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/glyphipterix-forsterella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 31

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2023

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