Species Details

ABH: 32.032

BF: 713

Family: Depressariidae

Subfamily: Depressariinae

Taxon: Agonopterix angelicella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Angelica Brown

Account: Local in fens, marshes, damp woodland, woodland rides and by river-banks throughout much of England, Wales and southern Scotland; also in south-western and north-eastern Ireland The most likely confusion species are A. assimilella and A. astrantiae, which see for differences. Larva feeds on shoots and leaves of Wild Angelica, Milk-parsley and Hogweed, living gregariously within a silken web.

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 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Angelica sp., Heracleum sp., Peucedanum palustre.

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/agonopterix-angelicella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2007

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