Species Details

ABH: 63.062

BF: 1332

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Scopariinae

Taxon: Scoparia subfusca

Authority: Haworth, 1811

Vernacular: Large Grey

Account: Common in woodland edges, gardens and rough ground throughout much of Britain One of the larger Scopariinae, and usually easy to recognise by the rather uniform light brownish grey colour, simple markings and lack of distinct subterminal line [Goater]. Larva feeds on roots of Oxtongue, Colt's-foot and Butterbur.

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 — 27 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 May (2025) — 18 Aug (2012)

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

Foodplant: Picris hieracioides (Hawkweed Oxtongue), Tussilago sp.

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-subfusca/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 12

Individuals: 9

Earliest Year: 2012

Latest Year: 2025

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