Species Details

ABH: 4.093

BF: 26

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Ectoedemia agrimoniae

Authority: (Frey, 1858)

Vernacular: Agrimony Dot

Account: Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on chalk downland, dry pastures and calcareous grassland in south-eastern England, from the Isle of Wight to south Essex Imago very similar to that of E. angulifasciella, from which separable only by dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines leaves of Agrimony, 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: male 5.2 — 6.4 mm; female 4 — 5.6 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Agrimonia sp.

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

Status: pRDB3

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/ectoedemia-agrimoniae/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2013

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