Species Details

ABH: 20.004

BF: 405

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia arceuthina

Authority: Zeller, 1839

Vernacular: White-headed Tip Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) wherever the foodplant occurs, throughout much of the British Isles Larva mines shoots of Juniper.

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: 8 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 May (2002) — 28 May (2004)

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

Foodplant: Juniperus sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/argyresthia-arceuthina/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2010

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