Species Details

ABH: 20.007

BF: 409b

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia cupressella

Authority: Walsingham, 1890

Vernacular: Cypress Tip Moth

Account: Local in gardens throughout East Anglia, and northern and western England. An adventive species, recorded nationally for the first time in 1997 in Suffolk, the Cypress Tip Moth is now fully naturalised following its accidental introduction on coniferous trees. Has been recorded increasingly in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 8-9 mm. Larva mines young shoots of Juniper, Leyland Cypress and Lawson's Cypress.

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: 23 May (2007) — 28 Jun (2011)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 13

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2024

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