Species Details

ABH: 63.064

BF: 1334

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Scopariinae

Taxon: Scoparia ambigualis

=Scoparia ambigualis f. atomalis

Authority: (Treitschke, 1829)

Vernacular: Common Grey

Account: Common in deciduous woodland and on moorland throughout Britain. Widespread and very common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 15-22 mm. Most likely to be confused with S. basistrigalis and S. ancipitella, which see, and Eudonia truncicolella, which has darker markings and no ochreous wash. Larva feeds on various mosses.

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: 15 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 Apr (2025) — 20 Nov (2009)

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

Foodplant: Musci.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/scoparia-ambigualis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 235

Individuals: 332

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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