Species Details

ABH: 17.003

BF: 453

Family: Ypsolophidae

Subfamily: Ypsolophinae

Taxon: Ypsolopha dentella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1775)

Vernacular: Honeysuckle Moth

Account: Common in woodland, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles Unmistakable, with characteristic upturned wingtips. Larva feeds on Honeysuckle, beneath a silken web, over-wintering as an egg.

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 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Jul (2003) — 8 Sep (2015)

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

Foodplant: Lonicera sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/ypsolopha-dentella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 64

Individuals: 5

Earliest Year: 1985

Latest Year: 2024

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