Status: Common and Widespread in UK.
'Webbed/woven(?) Snout'
(Hypena = possibly from the Greek 'hyphaino': webbed/woven, proboscidalis = snouted: Latin).
A most distinctive moth: the long labial palps (which have a chemosensory function) give The Snout its name.
The long labial palps form a 'snout'.
Flight Period: double-brooded. First brood from June to August, the second brood in south: late August to mid October.
Foodplants: Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
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