Species Details

ABH: 15.014

BF: 293

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Gracillariinae

Taxon: Gracillaria syringella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Garden Stilt

Account: Common in gardens and woodland throughout the British Isles, as far north as Shetland. Imago seldom encountered at light, and more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Beware confusion with the far rarer C. cuculipennella. Larva mines leaves of Privet (both wild and cultivated), Ash and Lilac, subsequently living gregariously within a leaf-roll, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas, 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: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Apr (2014) — 15 Nov (2006)

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: None

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/gracillaria-syringella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 183

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2024

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