Species Details

ABH: 38.001

BF: 590

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Perittia obscurepunctella

Authority: (Stainton, 1848)

Vernacular: Honeysuckle Blotch-miner

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in open woodland throughout much of England, more numerous in the southon in the north of the county. Wingspan 8-10 mm. An obscurely marked species best confirmed by examination of the genitalia which are distinctive in both sexes (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva mines leaves of Honeysuckle, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 8 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Apr (2010) — 30 Apr (2005)

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

Foodplant: Lonicera periclymenum (Honeysuckle).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/perittia-obscurepunctella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 18

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2018

« Previous Random 🎲 Next »