Species Details

ABH: 7.010

BF: 152

Family: Adelidae

Subfamily: Adelinae

Taxon: Cauchas rufimitrella

=Adela rufimitrella

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Meadow Longhorn

Account: Common in damp pastures, damp heathland and mosses throughout the British Isles, except for the far north. Wingspan 9-12 mm. Smaller than A. reaumurella. Day-flying in bright sunshine, sometimes in small, loose, low-flying swarms when conditions are favourable, but never in such large swarms as A. reaumurella; widely distributed across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Larva feeds within seedpods of Cuckoo-flower and Garlic Mustard, subsequently feeding on the leaves, living within a movable case, and 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: 9 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Apr (2002) — 13 Jun (2010)

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

Foodplant:

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/cauchas-rufimitrella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 47

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2022

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