Species Details

ABH: 35.028

BF: 866

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Dichomeridinae

Taxon: Brachmia blandella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1798)

Vernacular: Gorse Wanderer

Account: Common in grassland and woodland throughout much of England and southern Wales Larva feeds on Gorse.

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: 9 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Jun (2017) — 9 Aug (2011)

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

Foodplant: Ulex 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/brachmia-blandella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 45

Individuals: 16

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2025

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