Species Details

ABH: 35.012

BF: 854

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anacampsinae

Taxon: Anacampsis blattariella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Birch Roller

Account: Local in heathland and woodland throughout much of England. Fairly widely recorded across much of Hampshire, but not particularly common, and remaining very rare on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 16-19 mm. Can be differentiated with certainty from A. populella only by the structure of the genitalia and the larval foodplant, although the more strongly angled fascia (when visible) allows tentative identification (MBGBI Vol 4 part 2). Larva feeds on Birch, 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: 16 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 Jun (2011) — 21 Aug (2005)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/anacampsis-blattariella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 36

Individuals: 16

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2023

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