62.039 BF1486 - Pyralidae - Phycitinae - Apomyelois bistriatella - Phoenix Knot-horn

62.039 BF1486 - Pyralidae - Phycitinae - Apomyelois bistriatella - Phoenix Knot-horn - (Hulst, 1887)

Adult Micro: CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive -

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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant

Taxonomy: Micro >> . >> Pyralidae

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Other Name/s: Heath Knot-horn

ID Difficulty: amber

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Confusion Species: Ortholepis betulae (Birch Knot-horn); Pyla fusca (Dusky Knot-horn); Assara terebrella (Dark Spruce Knot-horn)

Distribution: (First record: 13/07/2020 at Buxton ) - (Last record: 01/04/2025 at Buxton ) - 1st VC57 record – 13/7/2020 – Buxton (iRecord)

Flight Period: June / July /

Moth Activity: Nocturnal - and is attracted to light

*** Last updated on 1 April 2025 by TD ***

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Wingspan: 18-22mm

Food Plant: A fungus Daldinia concentrica which grows on burnt gorse and dead birch

Last Recorded Date: 01/04/2025

Last Recorded Year: 2020

First Recorded Date: 13/07/2020

First Recorded Year: 2020

Last Recorded By - Steve Orridge