Species Details

ABH: 16.017

BF: 438

Family: Yponomeutidae

Subfamily: Yponomeutinae

Taxon: Swammerdamia pyrella

Authority: (Villers, 1789)

Vernacular: Copper-fringed Drab

Account: Common in hedgerows, woodland, orchards and gardens throughout most of the British Isles Apart from S. passerella, which occurs only in the Scottish Highlands and which is separable only by dissection of the genitalia, S. pyrella is distinguished from all other Swammerdamia and Pseudoswammerdamia species by the coppery terminal cilia, small size and dark appearance (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva feeds on Hawthorn, Apple and Pear, beneath a silken web, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

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: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Apr (2003) — 29 Aug (2024)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Malus sp. (an apple), Pyrus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/swammerdamia-pyrella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 93

Individuals: 5

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2024

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