Species Details

ABH: 19.001

BF: 470

Family: Glyphipterigidae

Subfamily: Orthoteliinae

Taxon: Orthotelia sparganella

Authority: (Thunberg, 1788)

Vernacular: Reed Minor

Account: Local in marshes, river-banks and other damp areas throughout much of the British Isles, but not in northern Scotland Larva mines leaves and stems of Branched Bur-reed and Reed Sweet-grass.

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: 18 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jul (2009) — 10 Aug (2024)

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

Foodplant: Glyceria maxima (Reed Sweet-grass), Iris sp., Sparganium sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/orthotelia-sparganella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2024

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