Marsh Oblique-barred
Hypenodes humidalis

B&F Code
72.060

Authority

Doubleday, 1850

Family
Erebidae

Subfamily
Hypenodinae

Genus
Hypenodes

National Status
Nb

Species account (new)

The species is smaller than many of the micro-moths. Mr.J.Sang recorded it from Durham City Centre in 1879; the set and pinned specimen is in Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, and a photograph has been seen and confirmed. The species then remained unseen until 20th July 2014 when five individuals of this Nationally Scarce B species turned up in a Chester le Street garden trap. The following evening a sixth turned up, the previous five being released well away from the site. On the 27th July 2019 one more turned up at the same trap. As this moth has a preference for boggy moorland, fens and marshes, the fact that the recorders trap is placed close to a garden pond this may have been a contributing factor. The foodplant remains unknown and although classed as scarce it is maybe under-recorded. It may have two broods depending on altitude.

Keith Dover, 2024.

Statistics

Records	4
Individuals	8
Largest Sample	5
First Recorded	1879
Last Recorded	2019
Earliest Adult Record	20/07
Latest Adult Record	27/07
Monad Coverage	0.1%
Hexad Coverage	4.8%

Map

This map shows all records of Marsh Oblique-barred - Hypenodes humidalis in the Durham (VC66) database per monad (1km grid square). The map can be explored further by zooming and panning, can be reset using the button on the left, and can be filtered by selecting the era. Click on a monad to view a full list of species recorded in it, or its containing hexad (10km grid square).

Map (image)

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Gallery

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