Species Details

ABH: 62.022

BF: 1443

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Pempelia genistella

Authority: (Duponchel, 1836)

Vernacular: Gorse Knot-horn

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on heathland in southern England, from Sussex to Dorset, where predominantly coastal Coloration more ochreous than in related species; black edging of cross-lines usually a prominent feature [Goater]. Larva feeds on Gorse, on which the larval webs are abundant in spring.

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: 26 — 29 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 Jun (2023) — 18 Aug (2012)

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

Foodplant: Ulex sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pempelia-genistella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 27

Individuals: 9

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2024

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