Species Details

ABH: 15.033

BF: 309

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Acrocercopinae

Taxon: Parornix torquillella

Authority: (Zeller, 1850)

Vernacular: Blackthorn Parornix

Account: Common in scrub, woodland, hedgerows and gardens throughout much of the British Isles Very similar to Parornix finitimella, which see for differences. Imago fairly regular at light, but more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Blackthorn and Wild Plum, subsequently feeding in the fallen leaves, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

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: 9 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2011) — 4 Nov (2010)

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 59

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2022

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