Species Details

ABH: 16.021

BF: 442

Family: Yponomeutidae

Subfamily: Yponomeutinae

Taxon: Cedestis gysseleniella

Authority: Zeller, 1839

Vernacular: Double-barred Needle-miner

Account: Local in pine woodland throughout much of England and Scotland, except the far north, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland (MBGBI Vol 3) Larva mines needles of Scots Pine, Corsican Pine and Maritime Pine, subsequently living within a silken web.

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: 11 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 May (2007) — 27 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Pinus sp. (a pine).

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/cedestis-gysseleniella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 21

Individuals: 6

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2021

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