Species Details

ABH: 72.069

BF: 2473

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Boletobiinae

Taxon: Laspeyria flexula

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Beautiful Hook-tip

Account: Local in woodland, parks, scrub, hedgerows, orchards and gardens throughout much of southern England and southern Wales Differences in resting posture distinguish from the unrelated but superficially similar Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria. Larva feeds on lichens growing on broad-leaved and coniferous trees.

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: 27 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 May (2024) — 18 Oct (2025)

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

Foodplant: Lichenes.

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/laspeyria-flexula/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 666

Individuals: 421

Earliest Year: 1867

Latest Year: 2025

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