Nephopterix angustella
Wingspan 20-25 mm. A distinctive species which has a noticeable blackish patch of raised scale-tufts at about one-third distance from the head.
Hedgerows and scrubby areas.
It and has two generations, flying in June and July and again in September and October.
The larvae feed internally in the berries of Spindle.
It is distributed mainly in southern England but not common. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
Uncommon with few records from Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded)
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
27 July 2022
Pete Leonard
Sproxton garden
29 July 2022
David Nicholls
Ratby garden1
15 October 2006
Dylan
Melton garden
08 August 2022
Nephopterix angustella
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
28 July 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Spindle Knot-horn
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Pyralidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 14
- First record:
- 15/10/2006 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 10/09/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
28 July 2022
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
28 July 2022
