Sussex Moth Group: Ochsenheimeria urella

Ochsenheimeria urella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1842

Bull's-horn Stem Moth
(Variable Stem-moth)
17.0150 (B&F: 252)

Synonym(s):
Ochsenheimeria bisontella Lienig & Zeller, 1846

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

Number of records: 3
Recorded in: 2 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 28 viii 2002

Identification
difficulty

: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species

Records from Ditchling Common ceased in the 1960's and the only subsequent records were at Pagham in 2002 and King's Standing in 2005. Larval food plants are listed elsewhere as grasses. (Pratt, 2011)

Distribution at 1km scale

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

No larval records