Species Details

ABH: 6.004

BF: 156

Family: Heliozelidae

Taxon: Heliozela resplendella

Authority: (Stainton, 1851)

Vernacular: Alder Cutter

Account: Local on fens, marshes and river-banks in Britain, as far north as Perthshireon on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 5-7 mm. 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 leaves of Alder, 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: —

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

Foodplant: Alnus glutinosa (Alder), Alnus sp.

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-resplendella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 43

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2020

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