PYRALIDAE

Subfamily: Phycitinae (3T 38G 62S+1)

Narrow-winged. Colloquially known as 'knot-horns' after a scale-tuft at the base of the antenna in the males of some species
Tribe: Cryptoblabini
Cryptoblabes
007 Cryptoblabes bistriga
(Double-striped Knot-horn)
Tribe: Phycitini
Salebriopsis 
008 Salebriopsis albicilla


ws: 18-22mm; Jun-Jul; small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata); pRDB - woodland in Wye valley
Elegia (2S)
009 Elegia fallax

ws: 17-19mm; single British record, April 2011, Hampshire (several Channel Is records); probable migrant
 
010 Elegia similella
Ortholepis
011 Ortholepis betulae
(Birch Knot-horn)

ws: 24-27mm; Jul; birch (Betula spp);
NS-B - sandy heath in England
Pyla
012 Pyla fusca
(Brown Knot-horn)
Uncinus
013 Uncinus obductella


ws: 23-26mm; Jul-Aug; marjoram (Origanum vulgare); pRDB - chalk downland in Kent and Sussex
Synonym: ​Moitrella obductella
Pempeliella
014 Pempeliella ornatella


ws: 23-27mm; Jul-Aug; wild thyme (Thymus polytrichus); pRDB - chalk downland in S.England
Delpanqueia (1S+1)
015 Delplanqueia dilutella
(Powdered Knot-horn)
 
0151 Delplanqueia inscriptella
(Brown Powdered Knot-horn)
Sciota (3S)
016 Sciota hostilis

ws: 23-26mm; Jun; aspen (Populus tremula); pRDB - restricted to a single wood in Warwickshire (Ref: Hants moths)
017 Sciota adelphella
(Willow Knot-horn)
018 Sciota rhenella

​ws: 22-24mm; aspen/ white poplar (Populus tremula/alba); rare migrant to SE England
Selagia
0181 Selagia argyrella

New to Britain
Pima
Etiella
Oncocera
019 Pima boisduvaliella
(Silver-edged Knot-horn)
020 Etiella zinckenella
(Legume Knot-horn)
021 Onocera semirubella
(Rosy-striped Knot-horn)
Pempelia (2S)
022 Pempelia genistella
(Gorse Knot-horn)
 
023 Pempelia palumbella
(Heather Knot-horn)
Rhodophaea
024 Rhodophaea formosa
(Beautiful Knot-horn)
Dioryctria (4S)
025 Dioryctria sylvestrella
(New Pine Knot-horn)
026 Dioryctria schuetzeella
(Spruce Knot-horn)

ws: 26-28mm; Jul; Norway spruce (Picea abies); NS-B - naturalised in pinewood in S&SE England, first recorded 1980
027 Dioryctria simplicella
(Brown Pine Knot-horn)
028 Dioryctria abietella
(Dark Pine Knot-horn)
 
Phycita 
029 Phycita roborella
(Dotted Oak Knot-horn)

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Hypochalcia 
030 Hypochalcia ahenella
(Dingy Knot-horn)
Epischnia
031 Epischnia asteris
(Samphire Knot-horn)

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Nephopterix
032 Nephopterix angustella
(Spindle Knot-horn)
Acrobasis (7S)
A.repandana and A.consociella have a strong straight antemedian line and differ from each other in the colour of the forewing proximal to this line - pink in A.repandana grey in A.consociella. A.suavella has strong transversely placed discal spots and the first line approaches the dorsum obliquely. A.advenella has obliquely placed discal spots and the forewing base is usually fuscous or blackish. A.marmorea usually has touching slightly oblique discal dots and the forewing base is crimson or reddish. A.tumidana has a ridge of raised scales distal to the antemedian line
033 Acrobasis tumidana
(Scarce Oak Knot-horn)
034 Acrobasis repandana
(Warted Knot-horn)
035 Acrobasis advenella
(Grey Knot-horn)
036 Acrobasis suavella
(Thicket Knot-horn)
037 Acrobasis marmorea
(Marbled Knot-horn)
038 Acrobasis consociella
(Broad-barred Knot-horn)
0382 Acrobasis fallouella

New to Britain
Added to checklist 2021
Apomyelois (2S)
039 Apomyelois bistriatella
(Heath Knot-horn)


040 Apomyelois ceratoniae
(Locust Bean Moth)

Jun-Sep; accidental introduction associated with dried fruit warehouses, but may be taken at light in urban areas.
Eurhodope
041 Eurhodope cirrigerella


Formerly on chalk downs of S.England.
Last recorded 1960. Extinct in GB.
Rediscovered Witshire, July 2021
Myelois
042 Myelois circumvoluta
(Thistle Ermine)
Gymnancyla
043 Gymnancyla canella
(Hoary Knot-horn)
Ancylodes
044 Ancylodes pallens


ws: 18-20mm;
rare migrant from S.Europe/N.Africa,
1 British record, Dorset 1999
Zophodia
045 Zophodia grossulariella
(Gooseberry Knot-horn)

ws: 25-36mm; Apr-May; gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa); rare migrant, 4 British records 1982 1992 2001 2006 Kent & Norfolk
Eccopisa
046 Eccopisa effractella


rare migrant with 2 British records (1995 & 2006)
Assara
047 Assara terebrella
(Dark Spruce Knot-horn)
Euzophera (3S)
048 Euzophera pinguis
(Ash-bark Knot-horn)
049 Euzophera bigella
(Peach Knot-horn)

ws: 15-20mm; accidental import with Italian peaches and very rare migrant
050 Euzophera cinerosella
(Wormwood Knot-horn)
Nyctegretis
Ancylosis (2S)
 
051 Nyctegretis lineana
(Agate Knot-horn)

ws: 17-19mm; Jul-Aug; common restharrow (Ononis repens); pRDB - sand-dunes and beaches from Norfolk to Kent
052 Ancylosis cinnamomella


ws: 19-24mm; rare migrant from Europe,
2 British records, both Portland, Dorset, Aug 2003 and Aug 2014
053 Ancylosis oblitella
(Saltmarsh Knot-horn)
Homoeosoma (3S)
054 Homoeosoma sinuella
(Twin-barred Knot-horn)
055 Homoeosoma nebulella
(Large Clouded Knot-horn)
056 Homoesoma nimbella
(Scarce Clouded Knot-horn)
Phycitodes (3S)
057 Phycitodes maritima
(Chalk Knot-horn)
058 Phycitodes binaevella
(Ermine Knot-horn)
059 Phycitodes saxicola
(Small Clouded Knot-horn)
Vitula (2S) 
060 Vitula serratilineella


ws: 20-25mm; rare migrant with 1 British record, Spurn Aug1997. (Hants moths mentions an additional record from a London warehouse Jul 1930, but this is not recorded by Goater).
Synonym: Vitula edmandsii
 
061 Vitula biviella
(Pine-blossom Knot-horn)
Plodia
062 Plodia interpunctella
(Indian Meal Moth)
Ephestia (3S)
063 Ephestia kuehniella
(Mediterranean Flour Moth)

A pest in flour mills, granaries and bakeries throughout GB; not established in the wild
064 Ephestia elutella
(Cacao Moth)

ws: 14-20mm; Jun-Oct; stored materials especially cacao and tobacco;
NS-B - throughout GB
065 Ephestia woodiella
(False Cacao Moth)
Cadra (3S)
066 Cadra figulilella
(Raisin Moth)

Predominantly a warehouse pest which is occasionally taken in the wild
067 Cadra cautella
(Dried Currant moth)

A pest in dried fruit warehouses in England and Wales
068 Cadra calidella
(Dried Fruit moth)

A warehouse pest
Tribe: Anerastiini
Anerastia
069 Anerastia lotella
(Sandhill Knot-horn)