Species Details

ABH: 4.071

BF: 40

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Bohemannia pulverosella

Authority: (Stainton, 1849)

Vernacular: Speckled Apple Dot

Account: Common throughout much of England, Wales, central Scotland and western Ireland. Rather local in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, but occasionally numerous in certain areas. Wingspan 6-7.5 mm. The speckled imago has yellow head and white eyecaps, and can only be separated from other similar species by dissection of the genitalia. Adults difficult to distinguish from other related species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Apple, 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: 6 — 7.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/bohemannia-pulverosella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 42

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2020

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