SMG Logo

< Ypsolopha mucronella

Ypsolopha dentella >

Ypsolopha nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pale Honeysuckle Moth
(Hooked Smudge)
17.0020 (B&F: 452)


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

Number of records: 28
Recorded in: 21 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 13 vii 2022
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

A resident that occurs singly at mv light in a very few wild places in both vice-counties. It is single-brooded, flying mainly from early June to early September. The larvae feed on honeysuckle, although this is still to be confirmed in Sussex. (Pratt, 2011).

Ypsolopha nemorella
Battle, 25 vii 2019
Photo: Adrienne Norbury
Ypsolopha nemorella
Thorney Island, 10 vii 2014
Photo: Mike Snelling

Distribution at 1km scale

distribution map 1
distribution map
distribution map
distribution map
distribution map
distribution map
distribution map

Phenology (adult)

phenology
phenology
phenology
phenology
phenology
phenology

No larval records

Copyright The Sussex Moth Group © 2026
Valid HTML5