Species Details

ABH: 35.022

BF: 862

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Dichomeridinae

Taxon: Dichomeris marginella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1781)

Vernacular: Juniper Webber

Account: Local on chalk and limestone downland, and, on cultivated forms of the foodplant, in gardens throughout much of England; also in South Wales and on the Burren Unmistakable. Larva feeds within needles of Juniper, 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: 15 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 Jun (2020) — 14 Aug (2021)

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

Foodplant: Juniperus sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/dichomeris-marginella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 55

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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