Species Details

ABH: 17.001

BF: 451

Family: Ypsolophidae

Subfamily: Ypsolophinae

Taxon: Ypsolopha mucronella

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Spindle Moth

Account: Local in woodland on chalky soils throughout southern England. Fairly widely distributed across Hampshire, wherever the foodplant is found, but decidedly uncommon on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 26-33 mm. The distinctive attenuated resting posture is shared by a few other species of Ypsolopha, and most closely resembles Y. nemorella, which has a distinct dark spot on the forewing. Larva feeds on Spindle, beneath 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: 26 — 33 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 Feb (2019) — 4 Nov (2015)

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

Foodplant: Euonymus europaeus (Spindle).

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/ypsolopha-mucronella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 21

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2024

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