Species Details

ABH: 21.003

BF: 259

Family: Lyonetiidae

Subfamily: Cemiostominae

Taxon: Leucoptera lotella

Authority: (Stainton, [1858])

Vernacular: Trefoil Blister Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) on dry downland, and in marshes and other damp areas, in south-east England, Yorkshire and western Ireland Adults easily overlooked, and not particularly common at light, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Bird's-foot Trefoil and Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, 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: 5 — 6 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jul (2004) — 20 Jul (2004)

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

Foodplant: Lotus sp. (a bird's-foot-trefoil).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/leucoptera-lotella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2011

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