Species Details

ABH: 11.014

BF: 189

Family: Psychidae

Subfamily: Epichnopteriginae

Taxon: Epichnopterix plumella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Plumed Bagworm

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in grassland and moorland in south-eastern England, north to Lancashire

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: male 10 — 14 mm; female wingless

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Apr (2022) — 23 Jun (2014)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3m

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/epichnopterix-plumella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 12

Individuals: 21

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2025

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