Species Details

ABH: 35.084

BF: 761a

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Athrips rancidella

Authority: (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Vernacular: Cotoneaster Webworm

Account: Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in parks and gardens in Kent and Surrey. First recorded in Britain on 7 July 1971 at West Wickham, Kent. Larva feeds on Cotoneaster horizontalis, living within a silken tube or tent, over-wintering as an egg or small larva.

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: 11 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (2011) — 3 Aug (2012)

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

Foodplant: Cotoneaster horizontalis (Wall Cotoneaster).

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

Status: pRDB2

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/athrips-rancidella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 46

Individuals: 11

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2025

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