Species Details

ABH: 62.037

BF: 1440

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Acrobasis marmorea

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Marbled Knot-horn

Account: Local in hedgerows and scrub throughout England and Wales, more numerous in the south. Fairly widespread in southern Hampshire, but remaining distinctly scarce in northern Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 18-23 mm. Has shorter, blunter forewing than other British Trachycera, and costa is straighter [Goater]. Larva feeds on Blackthorn and Hawthorn, living within a silken tube or tent.

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: 18 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Jul (2003) — 27 Jul (2001)

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

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acrobasis-marmorea/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2003

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