Acrobasis repandana
Warted Knot-horn
Conobathra repandana
Wingspan 20 to 25 mm. One of the more colourful of the Pyralids.
Around oak.
Flying in July and August, the adults can be attracted to light, but during the day remain concealed amongst the foliage.
The larvae feed on oak, often high up in a tree, spinning together several leaves.
This species can be common in suitable habitat throughout England. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = C (very scarce resident or rare migrant).
Mark Skevington
Pickworth Great Wood
25 July 2009
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
17 July 2021
Margaret McLoughlin
Whitwick Garden
19 July 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Warted Knot-horn, Beautiful Oak Knot-horn
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Pyralidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 34
- First record:
- 30/06/2006 (Graham Finch)
- Last record:
- 17/07/2025 (Cranston, Elspeth)
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Pete Leonard
Coombs Meadow NR
31 July 2020
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
30 June 2020
