Species Details

ABH: 20.010

BF: 409

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia ivella

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Apple Tip 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: 10 Jul (2010) — 15 Aug (2010)

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

Foodplant: Corylus sp., Malus sp. (an apple), Malus sylvestris (Crab Apple).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2008

Latest Year: 2010

« Previous Random 🎲 Next »