Species Details

ABH: 72.012

BF: 2029

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Lymantriinae

Taxon: Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Brown-tail

Account: Local in scrub, hedgerows, parks and gardens, along the coasts on England from Yorkshire to the Isles of Scilly Larva feeds on Bramble, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Dog-rose and Sallow, living gregariously within a silken web, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas. The larval hairs are extremely irritating, causing rashes on exposed parts of the skin.

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 36 — 42 mm; female 39 — 41 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Jun (2003) — 14 Aug (1986)

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

Foodplant: Rosaceae.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/euproctis-chrysorrhoea/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 134

Individuals: 34

Earliest Year: 1969

Latest Year: 2020

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