Species Details

ABH: 35.017

BF: 797

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anacampsinae

Taxon: Neofaculta ericetella

Authority: (Geyer, [1832])

Vernacular: Heather Grey

Account: Common on heathland and moorland, also in gardens where heather is grown, throughout much of the British Isles Larva feeds on flowers of Heather, Bell Heather and Cross-leaved Heath, subsequently living within a silken web.

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: 15 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 Mar (2012) — 22 Jul (2025)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp., Erica sp.

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/neofaculta-ericetella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 77

Individuals: 525

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2025

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