Species Details

ABH: 4.095

BF: 29

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Ectoedemia atricollis

Authority: (Stainton, 1857)

Vernacular: Barred Fruit-tree Dot

Account: Common in hedgerows and orchards throughout much of England and Wales. Widely distributed and fairly common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan male 4.8-6.0 mm, female 5.2-6.2 mm. The imago is very similar to E. angulifasciella but in E. atricollis the ground colour is browner, the fascia is straighter and it is seldom noticeably extended towards the base along the costa and dorsum (MBGBI Vol 1). Adults difficult to distinguish from other Ectoedemia species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Hawthorn, Apple, Pear and Wild Cherry.

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 4.8 — 6 mm; female 5.2 — 6.2 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Malus sp. (an apple).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 70

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2020

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