65.016 BF1659 – Yellow Horned – Drepanidae – Achlya flavicornis
Yellow Horned – Drepanidae – Thyatirinae – Achlya flavicornis – colour code •
STATUS – Widely distributed in Derbyshire and locally common. Found wherever there is birch, the larval food plant. Highest densities are in the lowland areas south of the River Trent.
ID POINTERS – The moth gets its name from the yellowish orange colour of the antennae. The wing colour is and intricate combination of browns & buffs with darker cross lines and paler buff patches in the central outer-edge of the wing and towards the wing base. An attractive spring moth.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing – March – April.
IMAGES – Foremark Reservoir, Derbyshire – Images by Tony Davison©
Yellow Horned
