Species Details

ABH: 3.002

BF: 17

Family: Hepialidae

Taxon: Korscheltellus lupulina

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Common Swift

Account: Common in grassland, woodland rides and gardens, and on roadside verges, moorland and heathland throughout most of the British Isles, but local in Scotland and mainly coastal in Ireland Variable, often fairly plainly marked, especially the females. Larva feeds on the roots of grasses and a wide range of wild and cultivated plants.

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: male 25 — 33 mm; female 32 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 May (1990) — 22 Jul (1985)

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:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/korscheltellus-lupulina/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 869

Individuals: 836

Earliest Year: 1891

Latest Year: 2025

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