Species Details

ABH: 35.048

BF: 778

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anomologinae

Taxon: Bryotropha umbrosella

=Bryotropha mundella

=Bryotropha portlandicella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Sandhill Moss-moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on coastal sand-dunes and, rarely, dry sandy areas inland throughout much of the British Isles, but absent from western Scotland, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Differs from the other black species B. affinis and B. similis by the conspicuous clear white costal and tornal patches contrasting with the very dark forewing (MBGBI Vol 4 part 2). Larva feeds on various mosses and various grasses, living within a silken tube or tent.

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 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jul (2009) — 23 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Musci.

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/bryotropha-umbrosella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2012

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