Species Details

ABH: 35.085

BF: 762

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Athrips mouffetella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Honeysuckle Grey

Account: Common in woodland and gardens throughout much of England and Wales, rare in Scotland and Ireland Comes readily to light; fairly distinctive. Larva feeds on Honeysuckle, Fly Honeysuckle and Snowberry, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 15 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jul (2005) — 8 Aug (2001)

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

Foodplant: Lonicera sp., Symphoricarpos sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/athrips-mouffetella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 13

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2021

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