Species Details

ABH: 39.003

BF: 904

Family: Parametriotidae

Taxon: Spuleria flavicaput

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Yellow Cap

Account: Local in hedgerows, woodland edges, scrub and gardens throughout much of the British Isles, but not in northern Scotland Distinctive combination of bright yellow head and raised scale tufts one-third and two-thirds of the way along the forewing. Larva feeds within bark of Hawthorn and Midland Hawthorn, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 12 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 May (2024) — 27 May (2023)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/spuleria-flavicaput/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2008

Latest Year: 2024

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