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Crambus hamella

Checklist Number
63.087 [B&F: 1299]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Crambidae
Subfamily:Crambinae
Genus:Crambus
Species:hamella
Authority:(Thunberg, 1788)

Nationally scarce (Nb) on dry heathland, in England and southern Scotland. In Hampshire locally common in the New Forest and in similar habitat in the north-east, but extremely scarce elsewhere in the county. Recorded for the first time on the Isle of Wight in 2016, when two were reported on the same night from the west of the island on 24 August, most likely having made the short hop across the Solent from the New Forest. Wingspan 24-27 mm. The characteristically shaped longitudinal stria precludes confusion with any other species [Goater]. Larva feeds on Wavy Hair-grass.

Updated August 2019: New for Isle of Wight

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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Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)