Species Details

ABH: 32.030

BF: 706

Family: Depressariidae

Subfamily: Depressariinae

Taxon: Agonopterix nervosa

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Burnt-tip Buff

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2008) — 27 Oct (2001)

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

Foodplant: Cytisus sp., Genista sp., Ulex europaeus (Gorse), Ulex sp.

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

Status: Common

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/agonopterix-nervosa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 30

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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