Species Details

ABH: 35.026

BF: 855

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Dichomeridinae

Taxon: Acompsia cinerella

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: The Cinereous

Account: Local in a wide range of habitats throughout the British Isles, with the exception of the Northern Isles An unmarked, wholly ochreous-brown gelechiid, superficially similar to Helcystogramma rufescens, but lacking this species pale veins. Larva feeds on various mosses, often at the base of trees.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 16 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (2002) — 7 Sep (2010)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Musci.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acompsia-cinerella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 107

Individuals: 17

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2025

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