Species Details

ABH: 35.010

BF: 843

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anacampsinae

Taxon: Aproaerema anthyllidella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Vetch Moth

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: 16 Apr (2007) — 23 Oct (2004)

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

Foodplant: Anthyllis sp., Onobrychis sp., Trifolium sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

Moths

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Moths

Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/aproaerema-anthyllidella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 35

Individuals: 6

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025