Species Details

ABH: 72.004

BF: 2480

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Hypeninae

Taxon: Hypena rostralis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Buttoned Snout

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in hedgerows, woodland edges and gardens throughout much of south-eastern England, and a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan The main confusion species is Bloxworth Snout H. obsitalis, which has the forewing more pointed and broader, with a conspicuous white patch below the costa outside the median fascia, followed by horizontal dashes (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on Hop.

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: 29 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Jan (1988) — 26 Nov (2014)

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

Foodplant: Humulus lupulus (Hop).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hypena-rostralis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 293

Individuals: 306

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2025

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