Species Details

ABH: 65.009

BF: 1653

Family: Drepanidae

Subfamily: Thyatirinae

Taxon: Habrosyne pyritoides

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Buff Arches

Account: Common in open woodland, young plantations, hedgerows and gardens throughout England and Wales. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Bramble and Dewberry, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 40 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 May (1991) — 28 Sep (2002)

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

Foodplant: Corylus sp., Crataegus sp., Rubus fruticosus., Rubus idaeus (Raspberry).

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/habrosyne-pyritoides/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1045

Individuals: 799

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2025

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