Species Details

ABH: 32.029

BF: 705

Family: Depressariidae

Subfamily: Depressariinae

Taxon: Agonopterix umbellana

=Agonopterix ulicetella

=Agonopterix umbellana f. prostratella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Gorse Buff

Account: Local on heathland and moorland throughout much of the British Isles Larva feeds on Gorse and Hairy Greenweed, living within a silken tube or tent.

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: 19 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agonopterix-umbellana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2014

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