Species Details

ABH: 14.001

BF: 265

Family: Bucculatricidae

Taxon: Bucculatrix cristatella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Yarrow Tuft

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on downland, grassland, waste ground and roadside verges throughout much of England Larva mines leaves and stems of Yarrow.

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 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 Apr (2011) — 6 Jul (2011)

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

Foodplant: Achillea millefolium (Yarrow).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/bucculatrix-cristatella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2011

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