Species Details

ABH: 35.093

BF: 792

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Mirificarma mulinella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Gorse Streak

Account: Common on heathland and waste ground throughout the British Isles Larva feeds on flower buds of Gorse and Broom.

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 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Aug (2009) — 28 Aug (2007)

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

Foodplant: Cytisus sp., Lupinus sp., Ulex europaeus (Gorse).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mirificarma-mulinella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2018

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