Species Details

ABH: 35.020

BF: 856

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anacampsinae

Taxon: Anarsia spartiella

Authority: (Schrank, 1802)

Vernacular: Obscure Snout

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: 13 Jun (2018) — 13 Jul (2007)

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

Foodplant: Cytisus sp., Genista tinctoria (Dyer's Greenweed), Ulex sp.

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

Status: Local

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/anarsia-spartiella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 11

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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