Species Details

ABH: 72.007

BF: 2476

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Hypeninae

Taxon: Hypena crassalis

Authority: (Fabricius, 1787)

Vernacular: Beautiful Snout

Account: Local in open woodland, moorland and heathland throughout England and Wales, but less commonly in the north Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Bilberry, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 33 — 35 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 May (1995) — 29 Aug (1993)

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

Foodplant: Erica sp., Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry).

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/hypena-crassalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 192

Individuals: 128

Earliest Year: 1887

Latest Year: 2025

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