Species Details

ABH: 14.010

BF: 274

Family: Bucculatricidae

Taxon: Bucculatrix ulmella

Authority: Zeller, 1848

Vernacular: Oak Tuft

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Apr (2011) — 17 Aug (2016)

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

Foodplant: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak), Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/bucculatrix-ulmella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 165

Individuals: 16

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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