Species Details

ABH: 16.019

BF: 440

Family: Yponomeutidae

Subfamily: Yponomeutinae

Taxon: Paraswammerdamia albicapitella

=Paraswammerdamia spiniella

Authority: (Scharfenberg, 1805)

Vernacular: White-headed Drab

Account: Common in hedgerows and scrub throughout much of the British Isles, as far north as the central lowlands of Scotland, where it is local and scarce (MBGBI Vol 3) Larva mines leaves of Blackthorn, subsequently living within a silken web, often several together.

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: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (2007) — 28 Aug (2009)

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

Foodplant: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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/paraswammerdamia-albicapitella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2009

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