Species Details

ABH: 62.057

BF: 1485

Family: Pyralidae

Subfamily: Phycitinae

Taxon: Phycitodes maritima

Authority: (Tengström, 1848)

Vernacular: Coast Knot-horn

Account: Local in rough meadows and waste ground throughout much of England, especially in the south-east, and also in the Scottish Highlands This species is intermediate in size between P. binaevella and P. saxicola, is shorter-winged than the former and more robust than the latter; its spot pattern resembles that of P. saxicola, though the slightly different positioning of the two discal dots does seem to be fairly constant [Goater]. Larva feeds within flowerheads of Yarrow, Tansy, Groundsel and Common Ragwort.

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 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 May (2006) — 7 Aug (2015)

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

Foodplant: Achillea millefolium (Yarrow), Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phycitodes-maritima/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2018

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