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Prays fraxinella (Bjerkander, 1784)

Ash Bud Moth
22.0020 (B&F: 449)

Synonym(s):
Prays curtisella (Donovan, 1793)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Praydidae
      »Subfamily: Cemiostominae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 365
Recorded in: 106 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 10 viii 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

A widespread resident that usually occurs singly at mv light, sometimes sparingly, in a wide range of habitats in both vice-counties. It is single-brooded, flying mainly from late May to late August, occasionally to late September. The larvae feed on the buds and shoots of ash. (Pratt, 2011).

Prays fraxinella
Bolney, 16 vi 2021
Photo: Howard Eastcott
Prays fraxinella
Scotney Estate, 02 v 2022
Photo: Charles Waters and Alison Playle
Prays fraxinella
Crowborough, 18 vi 2016
Photo: Charles Waters
Prays fraxinella
Crowborough, 18 vi 2016
Photo: Charles Waters
Prays fraxinella
Marlpit Shaw, Nymans, 17 vi 2015
Photo: Bob Foreman
Prays fraxinella
Lindfield, 15 vi 2011
Photo: Bob Foreman
Prays fraxinella
Plumpton Lane, Plumpton, 24 vi 2023
Photo: Nick Ostler
Prays fraxinella
Lindfield, 6 vii 2009
Photo: Bob Foreman

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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