Species Details

ABH: 72.062

BF: 2482

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Hypenodinae

Taxon: Schrankia taenialis

Authority: (Hübner, [1809])

Vernacular: White-line Snout

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in moorland, plantations and damp woodland in parts of southern England Larval foodplants poorly known, but believed to include various species of heather.

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: 18 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 Jun (2010) — 3 Oct (2018)

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

Foodplant: Calluna vulgaris (Heather).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 15

Individuals: 5

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2018

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