Species Details

ABH: 62.054

BF: 1481

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Homoeosoma sinuella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Twin-barred Knot-horn

Account: Common in dry open areas, calcareous grassland, sand-dunes, waste ground and embankments throughout southern England and south Wales. An unmistakable species characterised by the ochreous, dark-banded forewing [Goater]. Larva feeds within roots of Greater and Ribwort Plantain.

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: 18 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 May (2019) — 30 Aug (2006)

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

Foodplant: Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain), Plantago sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/homoeosoma-sinuella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 98

Individuals: 24

Earliest Year: 1994

Latest Year: 2025

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