Species Details

ABH: 35.071

BF: 736

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anomologinae

Taxon: Monochroa lucidella

Authority: (Stephens, 1834)

Vernacular: Spike-rush Borer

Account: Local in marshes, water meadows, fens and by river-banks throughout much of England, Wales and southern Ireland Larva feeds within stems of Common Spike-rush.

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 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2006) — 29 Jul (2018)

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

Foodplant: Eleocharis palustris (Common Spike-rush).

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/monochroa-lucidella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2018

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