Species Details

ABH: 62.070

BF: 1414

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Pyralinae

Taxon: Synaphe punctalis

Authority: (Fabricius, 1775)

Vernacular: Long-legged Tabby

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Jun (2023) — 28 Aug (2024)

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

Foodplant: Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss), Musci.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/synaphe-punctalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 132

Individuals: 69

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2025

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