Species Details

ABH: 62.032

BF: 1465

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Nephopterix angustella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Spindle Knot-horn

Account: Local and increasing in hedgerows, scrub and gardens throughout southern England The bar of blackish raised scales from dorsum to shortly beyond middle of wing render the species unmistakable [Goater]. Larva feeds within berries of Spindle, perhaps increasingly making use of garden forms, such as Euonymus japonicus, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 20 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2025) — 2 Oct (2018)

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

Foodplant: Euonymus europaeus (Spindle).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/nephopterix-angustella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 45

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2025

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