Species Details

ABH: 62.075

BF: 1413

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Pyralinae

Taxon: Hypsopygia costalis

Authority: (Fabricius, 1775)

Vernacular: Gold Triangle

Account: Common in gardens, woodland and farmland throughout southern England. One of the brightest-coloured and most easily recognisable micros, it has two distinct resting postures. Larva feeds on dry vegetable matter, hay and dead grasses.

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 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (2019) — 30 Oct (2015)

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: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hypsopygia-costalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 261

Individuals: 105

Earliest Year: 1974

Latest Year: 2025

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