Species Details

ABH: 46.001

BF: 485

Family: Schrekensteiniidae

Taxon: Schreckensteinia festaliella

Authority: (Hübner, [1819])

Vernacular: Blackberry Skeletoniser

Account: Common in open woodland and hedgerows throughout most of the British Isles. In south Hampshire, recorded in small numbers in most years, but distinctly uncommon in north Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 10-12 mm. The moth rests on forelegs and midlegs only, with the hindlegs raised and projecting obliquely over the abdomen, a resting posture shared only by the otherwise dissimilar Stathmopoda pedella. Larva feeds on Raspberry and Bramble, beneath a silken web, 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: 10 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 Mar (2012) — 3 Sep (2002)

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

Foodplant: Rubus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/schreckensteinia-festaliella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2012

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