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Ypsolopha mucronella (Scopoli, 1763)

Spindle Moth
(Spindle Smudge)
17.0010 (B&F: 451)

Synonym(s):
Ypsolopha caudella (Linnaeus, 1767)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Ypsolophidae
      »Subfamily: Ypsolophinae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 145
Recorded in: 34 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 05 ix 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

A resident that generally occurs singly at mv light across the county, although it is occasionally seen sparingly at Icklesham. It is single-brooded, flying mainly for a short period during August until intermittent hibernation, and then again from late February to mid May. The larvae feed on spindle. (Pratt, 2011).

Ypsolopha mucronella
Bracklesham, 23 iv 2025
Photo: Derek Lee
Ypsolopha mucronella
Bracklesham, 21 iii 2019
Photo: Derek Lee
Ypsolopha mucronella
Lindfield, 09 iv 2020
Photo: Bob Foreman
Ypsolopha mucronella
Bracklesham, 23 iii 2021
Photo: Derek Lee
Ypsolopha mucronella
Bracklesham, 21 iii 2019
Photo: Derek Lee
Ypsolopha mucronella
Ashdown Forest, 17 x 2020
Photo: Charles Waters
Ypsolopha mucronella
Ashdown Forest, 17 x 2020
Photo: Charles Waters
Ypsolopha mucronella
Warnham, West Sussex, 03 iii 2022
Photo: David Bridges

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