Species Details

ABH: 20.020

BF: 419

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia semifusca

=Argyresthia spiniella

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Purple-washed 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 May (2025) — 10 Aug (2008)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Sorbus aria (Common Whitebeam), Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan).

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-semifusca/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 2008

Latest Year: 2025

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