Species Details

ABH: 35.027

BF: 861

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Dichomeridinae

Taxon: Acompsia schmidtiellus

Authority: (Heyden, 1848)

Vernacular: Marjoram Snout

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on chalk and limestone downland and roadside verges in southern England and south Wales. Restricted in Hampshire to sites such as Old Winchester, Portsdown and Magdalen Hill Down, and on Isle of Wight to a single site near Ventnor; claims from other areas of the county should be accompanied by photographic or other evidence. Wingspan 15-17 mm. Larva feeds on Wild Marjoram, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 15 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jul (2011) — 4 Aug (2021)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acompsia-schmidtiellus/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 16

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2025

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