Species Details

ABH: 28.023

BF: 652a

Family: Oecophoridae

Subfamily: Oecophorinae

Taxon: Harpella forficella

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Yellow-striped Bark Moth

Account: In continental Europe, reasonably common throughout. A species of damp woodland, where the larva occurs from September till next spring on decayed wood, under bark etc. The adults fly from June till August and come to light. New to the British list in 2011, when it was discovered, somewhat surprisingly, in urban Berkshire. Subsequently it has turned up in Sussex, and as an adventive on imported timber, can be expected to spread in our country. An unmistakable species.

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:

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: None

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/harpella-forficella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 0

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