Species Details

ABH: 2.006

BF: 11

Family: Eriocraniidae

Taxon: Eriocrania cicatricella

=Eriocrania haworthi

=Eriocrania purpurella

Authority: (Zetterstedt, 1839)

Vernacular: Small Spring Jewel

Account: Local in birch woodland throughout Britain Day-flying. Very similar to E. chrysolepidella and only reliably separable by dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines leaves of Birch, 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: 9 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Mar (2002) — 17 Apr (2004)

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: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eriocrania-cicatricella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 31

Individuals: 5

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2025

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