Species Details

ABH: 13.002

BF: 447

Family: Roeslerstammiidae

Taxon: Roeslerstammia erxlebella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1787)

Vernacular: Burnished Copper

Account: Local in open woodland throughout much of southern England, with records north to Yorkshire; also in northern Scotland Larva mines leaves of Small-leaved Lime and Birch, subsequently living within a leaf-roll, 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: 12 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2007) — 11 Nov (2015)

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

Foodplant: Betula pendula (Silver Birch), Tilia cordata (Small-leaved Lime), Tilia sp. (a lime), Tilia vulgaris.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/roeslerstammia-erxlebella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 53

Individuals: 10

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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