Species Details

ABH: 25.001

BF: 450

Family: Scythropiidae

Taxon: Scythropia crataegella

=Scythropia cornella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1767)

Vernacular: Hawthorn Moth

Account: Common in hedgerows and scrub throughout southern England, north to Yorkshire Larva mines leaves of Hawthorn and Blackthorn, living and feeding gregariously within a silken web.

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: 11 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 May (2007) — 11 Sep (2015)

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

Foodplant: Cotoneaster sp. (a cotoneaster), Crataegus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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/scythropia-crataegella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 117

Individuals: 55

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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