Species Details

ABH: 4.088

BF: 36a

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Ectoedemia heringella

Authority: (Mariani, 1939)

Vernacular: Speckled Holm Oak Dot

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) and first recorded in Britain in 2002 in parkland in Greater London, subsequently found to be widespread in south-eastern England More likely to be identified in the larval stages than as an adult. Larva mines leaves of Evergreen Oak.

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 4.4 — 6 mm; female 4.6 — 5.8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 Jun (2025) — 18 Jun (2025)

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: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 53

Individuals: 102

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2025

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