Species Details

ABH: 35.050

BF: 752

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anomologinae

Taxon: Aristotelia ericinella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Heath Elder

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: 23 Jun (2017) — 25 Aug (2015)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp.

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/aristotelia-ericinella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 72

Individuals: 36

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2025

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