Species Details

ABH: 20.022

BF: 421

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia bonnetella

=Argyresthia nitidella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Hawthorn Tip Moth

Account: Common wherever the foodplant occurs, in hedgerows, gardens, downland and scrub throughout the British Isles. The main confusion species is Cherry Fruit Moth A. pruniella — both species show a pale dorsal streak, but differ in the angle made by the prominent brown fascia — in both species the fascia starts from mid-way along the dorsum, but the angle between the fascia and the dorsum is about 45° in A. pruniella and 30° in A. bonnetella. Larva mines bark of Hawthorn.

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: 9 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Jun (2009) — 13 Sep (2008)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 60

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2024

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