Species Details

ABH: 8.001

BF: 129

Family: Incurvariidae

Subfamily: Incurvariinae

Taxon: Incurvaria pectinea

Authority: Haworth, 1828

Vernacular: Pale Feathered Cutter

Account: Local in woodland and heathland throughout the British Isles, more numerous in the north The main confusion species are I. masculella and I. oehlmanniella, but I. pectinea is less distinctly marked. Larva mines leaves of Silver and Downy Birch, and Hazel, living within a movable case, subsequently feeding in fallen leaves, and 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: 12 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Apr (2003) — 4 May (2015)

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

Foodplant: Betula pendula (Silver Birch), Betula sp. (a birch), Carpinus sp., Corylus sp., Malus sp. (an apple).

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/incurvaria-pectinea/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 47

Individuals: 5

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2022

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