Species Details

ABH: 62.030

BF: 1457

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Hypochalcia ahenella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Dingy Knot-horn

Account:

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: 24 May (2020) — 30 Jun (2016)

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

Foodplant: Artemisia campestris (Field Wormwood), Helianthemum sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hypochalcia-ahenella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1973

Latest Year: 2020

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