Species Details

ABH: 2.001

BF: 6

Family: Eriocraniidae

Taxon: Dyseriocrania subpurpurella

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Common Spring Jewel

Account: Common in oak woodland throughout the British Isles, excluding northern Scotland. Well distributed and by far the most common Eriocrania: the overwhelming majority of individuals in garden light traps turn out to be this species. It can be abundant wherever there are oak trees. Wingspan 9-14 mm; a diurnal species which is also attracted to light, in dull weather it rests on the trunks and branches of oak trees. The metallic gold forewing is speckled with minute purple or blue spots. Larva mines leaves of Oak, 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 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Mar (2024) — 19 May (1999)

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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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/dyseriocrania-subpurpurella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 372

Individuals: 241

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2025

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