Species Details

ABH: 72.061

BF: 2484

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Hypenodinae

Taxon: Schrankia costaestrigalis

Authority: (Stephens, 1834)

Vernacular: Pinion-streaked Snout

Account: Local in damp woodland, fens, damp meadows and boggy heathland throughout England and Wales, and also in the Scottish Highlands. Widespread and locally common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 19-22 mm. Small size suggests a species of micromoth, but most resembles White-line Snout S. taenialis. Larva feeds on Heather, Wild Marjoram and Wild Thyme.

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: 19 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2012) — 28 Oct (2024)

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

Foodplant: Campanula sp., Polyphagous.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/schrankia-costaestrigalis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 170

Individuals: 87

Earliest Year: 1890

Latest Year: 2025

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