Species Details

ABH: 8.004

BF: 132

Family: Incurvariidae

Subfamily: Incurvariinae

Taxon: Incurvaria praelatella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Strawberry Cutter

Account: Local in clearings in damp woodland throughout the British Isles Characterised by small streak at base of wing, narrow, occasionally broken, fascia at one third, and yellow head. Larva mines leaves of Wild Strawberry, living within a movable case.

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: 11 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 May (2007) — 31 May (2010)

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

Foodplant: Fragaria vesca (Wild Strawberry), Geum rivale (Water Avens).

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-praelatella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2010

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