Ypsolopha sequella

    Pied Rabbit Moth

    YpsolophidaeABH 17.012 B&F 462

    Fairly common as a visitor to garden light traps, occasionally present in numbers in woodland.  Associated with field maple, and like its foodplant is fairly widespread in Somerset but absent from certain areas, including the Levels and inland Exmoor.

    Adult Verification Grade: 1

    Pied Smudge (Ypsolopha sequella) photographed in Somerset by Christopher Iles
    Pied Smudge (Ypsolopha sequella) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies
    Pied Smudge (Ypsolopha sequella) photographed in Somerset by Steve Chapple
    Pied Smudge (Ypsolopha sequella) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies
    Pied Smudge (Ypsolopha sequella) photographed in Somerset by Paul Wilkins
    Pied Smudge (Ypsolopha sequella) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies