Species Details

ABH: 4.072

BF: 19

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Bohemannia quadrimaculella

Authority: (Boheman, 1853)

Vernacular: Four-spot Dot

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in freshwater margins throughout England and Wales; rare in Ireland. Extremely rare in Hampshire, far from annual, and never in numbers. Recorded from the Isle of Wight for the first time on 26 July 2016 when two were beaten from Alder at Afton Marsh. Wingspan 7.4-8.8 mm. Superficially resembles a number of other Nepticulidae, but combination of orange head, dark copper-coloured collar, white-tipped, fuscous antennae, pale yellow eyecaps, and shining coppery purple forewing with yellowish spots on costa and dorsum beyond middle, is diagnostic (MBGBI Vol 1). Day-flying. Larva mines buds of Alder.
Update: Distribution, August 2019

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: 7.4 — 8.8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jul (2004) — 20 Jul (2004)

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

Foodplant: Alnus sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/bohemannia-quadrimaculella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2004

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