62.039 BF1486  –  Pyralidae –  Phycitinae – Apomyelois bistriatella – Phoenix Knot-horn – (Hulst, 1887) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 – Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive – confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Pyralidae  >> Phycitinae
** Photograph required / Identification write up required **
Other Name/s: Heath Knot-horn
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Ortholepis betulae (Birch Knot-horn); Pyla fusca (Dusky Knot-horn); Assara terebrella (Dark Spruce Knot-horn)
Distribution:  (First record: 13 July 2020 at Buxton )  –  (Last record: 1 April 2025 at Buxton )  –  1st VC57 record – 13/7/2020 – Buxton (iRecord)
Flight Period: June /  July /  Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Steve Orridge  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 18-22mm
Food Plant: A fungus Daldinia concentrica which grows on burnt gorse and dead birch
Last Recorded Year: 2020
First Recorded Year: 2020
Last Recorded By – Steve Orridge
Last Recorded General Area – Buxton

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Buxton (2020) 1st VC57 record – Steve Orridge©



Distribution Map for Apomyelois bistriatella

Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 1 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Apomyelois bistriatella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Apomyelois bistriatella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Apomyelois bistriatella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Apomyelois bistriatella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Apomyelois bistriatella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Apomyelois bistriatella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Apomyelois bistriatella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Apomyelois bistriatella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Apomyelois bistriatella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Apomyelois bistriatella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Apomyelois bistriatella – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Buxton SK, UKSK07S13/07/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract

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