Species Details

ABH: 4.087

BF: 36

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Ectoedemia quinquella

Authority: (Bedell, 1848)

Vernacular: Five-spot Dot

Account: Local in woodland throughout south-eastern England Easily separated from all other Ectoedemia species by characteristic pattern of three white spots on forewing: a costal, a dorsal and a discal spot (MBGBI Vol 1). Larva mines leaves of Pedunculate Oak, often in fallen leaves, 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 4.2 — 5 mm; female 4.6 — 5.6 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Jun (2007) — 12 Jun (2007)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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-quinquella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 13

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2025

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