Species Details

ABH: 35.018

BF: 858

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anacampsinae

Taxon: Hypatima rhomboidella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Black Rhomboid Grey

Account: Common in woodland, heathland and scrub throughout the British Isles. The distribution in Hampshire mirrors those areas in which trapping effort is concentrated, and the moth is probably more widely distributed than the records suggest; very infrequently recorded from the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 15-19 mm. Superficially resembles the far more widespread and common Scrobipalpa costella, but H. rhomboidella is larger and has characteristic short, black, apical line. Larva feeds on Birch and Hazel, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 15 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Jul (2011) — 10 Oct (2012)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Corylus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hypatima-rhomboidella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 11

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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