Species Details

ABH: 19.005

BF: 395

Family: Glyphipterigidae

Subfamily: Glyphipteriginae

Taxon: Glyphipterix haworthana

Authority: (Stephens, 1834)

Vernacular: Cottongrass Moth

Account: Local on damp moorland, heathland and mosses throughout much of the British Isles, where suitable habitat exists Day-flying. Distinguished from the four previous species by its greater size (MBGBI Vol 2). Larva feeds within seed capsules of Cotton-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: 11 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 Apr (2009) — 26 Apr (2009)

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

Foodplant: Eriophorum sp.

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-haworthana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2011

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