Species Details

ABH: 4.085

BF: 23

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Ectoedemia argyropeza

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Aspen Dot

Account: Local in woodland throughout Britain, south of Fife The imago is very similar to E. turbidella, but the head is more orange, the white scaling on the forewings is generally limited to the fascia or opposite spots, and the wings are shorter (MBGBI Vol 1). Adults difficult to distinguish from other Eriocrania species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Aspen, 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:

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Populus tremula (Aspen).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 20

Individuals: 164

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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