Species Details

ABH: 15.077

BF: 355

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter scabiosella

Authority: (Douglas, 1853)

Vernacular: Scabious Leaf-miner

Account: Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in the North Downs of Surrey and Kent, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Larva mines leaves of Small Scabious.

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: 6.5 — 8.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Jun (2014) — 5 Jun (2014)

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

Foodplant: Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious).

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

Status: pRDB2

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify, an image may be required 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllonorycter-scabiosella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 23

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2014

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