Species Details

ABH: 17.011

BF: 461

Family: Ypsolophidae

Subfamily: Ypsolophinae

Taxon: Ypsolopha ustella

=Ypsolopha radiatella

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Varied Ochre

Account: Common in oak woodland and areas with scattered oaks throughout the British Isles. Very variable, plain forms can be confused with plain forms of Y. parenthesella. Larva feeds on Oak leaves, 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: 15 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jan (2024) — 29 Dec (2021)

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

Foodplant: 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-ustella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 252

Individuals: 205

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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