Species Details

ABH: 3.003

BF: 18

Family: Hepialidae

Taxon: Korscheltellus fusconebulosa

=Korscheltellus fusconebulosa f. gallicus

Authority: (De Geer, 1778)

Vernacular: Map-winged Swift

Account: Local on moorland and heathland, and in open woodland and rough pastures throughout much of the British Isles Distinguished from its congeners by the conspicuously barred cilia of fore- and hindwing (MBGBI Vol 1). Larva feeds within roots of Bracken, over-wintering twice, also found in areas where Bracken does not occur, where the foodplant may be Red Fescue.

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: 32 — 50 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (1984) — 10 Jul (1970)

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: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/korscheltellus-fusconebulosa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 72

Individuals: 60

Earliest Year: 1881

Latest Year: 2015

« Previous Random 🎲 Next »