Species Details

ABH: 17.010

BF: 460

Family: Ypsolophidae

Subfamily: Ypsolophinae

Taxon: Ypsolopha parenthesella

=Ypsolopha costella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: White-shouldered Ochre

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: 7 Jun (2011) — 8 Oct (2023)

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

Foodplant: Alnus sp., Betula sp. (a birch), Carpinus sp., Corylus sp., Myrica sp., Quercus sp. (an oak).

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/ypsolopha-parenthesella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 71

Individuals: 28

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2025

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