65.016 BF1659 - Yellow Horned - Drepanidae - Achlya flavicornis

65.016 BF1659 - Drepanidae - Achlya flavicornis - Yellow-horned

Adult Macro: CAT 1 - Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others -

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- Generally Common / Widespread

Taxonomy: Macro >> Drepanidae

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: The moth gets its name from the yellowish orange colour of the antennae. The wing colour is and intricate combination of browns & buffs with darker cross lines and paler buff patches in the central outer-edge of the wing and towards the wing base. An attractive spring moth.

Distribution: Widely distributed in Derbyshire and locally common. Found wherever there is birch, the larval food plant. Highest densities are in the lowland areas south of the River Trent.

Flight Period: February / April / - On the wing – late February – April.One generation

Recorded dates for Common [Blue-coded ] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.

IMAGES BELOW: Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire – Images by Tony Davison ©

Yellow Horned – Achlya flavicornis