Species Details

ABH: 4.076

BF: 20

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Etainia decentella

Authority: (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Vernacular: Sycamore Seed Dot

Account: Locally distributed in woodland, gardens, orchards and parks throughout England north to the Pennines. Widespread but local across mainland Hampshire, at low densities. First recorded from the Isle of Wight in 2013, with another two years later. Wingspan 4.8-8.1 mm. The most distinctive of the Ectoedemia. Larva mines samara of Sycamore.

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: 4.8 — 8.1 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 May (2007) — 15 Sep (2003)

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/etainia-decentella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 30

Individuals: 5

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2024

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