Species Details

ABH: 39.001

BF: 905

Family: Parametriotidae

Taxon: Blastodacna hellerella

Authority: (Duponchel, 1838)

Vernacular: Hawthorn Berry Moth

Account: Common in hedgerows, woodland edges and scrub throughout the British Isles, but not in northern Scotland, and rare in Ireland. Recorded locally in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, but probably under-recorded. Wingspan 10-11 mm. The species differs from Apple Pith Moth B. atra by its pure white markings on the forewing and the absence of yellow-ochreous scales at the base of the dorsum. Larva feeds within berries of Hawthorn, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 10 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Jun (2004) — 1 Aug (2001)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp.

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/blastodacna-hellerella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 37

Individuals: 5

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2022

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