Species Details

ABH: 17.005

BF: 455

Family: Ypsolophidae

Subfamily: Ypsolophinae

Taxon: Ypsolopha scabrella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Tufted Scallop

Account: Common in gardens and open woodland throughout England and Wales, but less numerous in the northern uplands. Fairly well distributed, with a southerly bias, in Hampshire, but recorded very infrequently on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 15-21 mm. Distinguished from all other Ypsolophinae by the three sets of raised scale tufts on the dorsal part of the forewing, but even when these have worn away, is still fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Hawthorn, Apple and Cotoneaster, 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: 15 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jun (2025) — 9 Sep (2011)

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

Foodplant: Cotoneaster sp. (a cotoneaster), Crataegus sp., Malus sp. (an apple).

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-scabrella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 105

Individuals: 27

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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