Species Details

ABH: 15.030

BF: 305

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Acrocercopinae

Taxon: Parornix scoticella

Authority: (Stainton, 1850)

Vernacular: Rowan Parornix

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 1 May (2005) — 27 Oct (2010)

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

Foodplant: Malus sp. (an apple), Sorbus aria (Common Whitebeam), Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/parornix-scoticella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 25

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2016

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