Species Details

ABH: 35.107

BF: 859

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Psoricoptera gibbosella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Tufted Oak Roller

Account: Local in mature oak woodland throughout much of southern England and southern Wales, with records north to Cheshire Larva feeds on Oak, living within a spun or rolled leaf, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 15 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jul (2004) — 8 Sep (2021)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/psoricoptera-gibbosella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 30

Individuals: 30

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2024

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