Species Details

ABH: 2.005

BF: 10

Family: Eriocraniidae

Taxon: Eriocrania salopiella

Authority: (Stainton, 1854)

Vernacular: Yellow-headed Spring Jewel

Account: Local in birch woodland throughout Britain, with a scattered, discontinuous distribution. The distribution in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight follows a similar pattern to other Eriocrania, being mainly restricted to the woodlands of the south, along the north edge of Wight, and around the north-eastern heaths. Wingspan 9-12 mm. Day-flying. Adults difficult to distinguish from other Eriocrania species, and more reliably recorded in the larval stage. 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 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Apr (2004) — 20 Apr (2008)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eriocrania-salopiella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 46

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2022

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