Species Details

ABH: 14.007

BF: 271

Family: Bucculatricidae

Taxon: Bucculatrix albedinella

=Bucculatrix boyerella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Elm Tuft

Account: Local in hedgerows and woodland margins throughout much of southern England, with records north to Yorkshire Larva mines leaves of English Elm and Small-leaved Elm, 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: 8 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Ulmus procera (English Elm), Ulmus sp. (an elm).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/bucculatrix-albedinella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2011

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