Species Details

ABH: 6.005

BF: 157

Family: Heliozelidae

Taxon: Heliozela hammoniella

=Heliozela betulae

Authority: Sorhagen, 1885

Vernacular: Birch Cutter

Account: Local on heathland, scrubland and fens in Britain as far north as the Lake District Adults are day-flying, and the species is more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines twigs and leaves of Birch, over-wintering as a pupa. The mines are described in the following link:
leafmines.co.uk
.

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: 5 — 7 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 May (2004) — 7 Jul (2013)

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2013

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