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Marsh Oblique-barred

Hypenodes humidalis

Checklist Number
72.060 [B&F: 2485]

Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity

Classification

Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Hypenodinae
Genus:Hypenodes
Species:humidalis
Authority:Doubleday, 1850

Nationally scarce (Nb) in bogs, moorland, damp heathland, fens, water meadows and marshes, from western England, through west Wales, to the Moray Firth in Scotland. In Hampshire locally abundant in bogs in the New Forest, quite scarce elsewhere with only a handful of records for the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 15-18 mm. Due to small size, may be over-looked as an unidentified species of micromoth. Larva feeds on Cross-leaved Heath and Marsh Cinquefoil.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Larval

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