Species Details

ABH: 34.014

BF: 910

Family: Cosmopterigidae

Subfamily: Chrysopeleiinae

Taxon: Sorhagenia janiszewskae

Authority: Riedl, 1962

Vernacular: Buckthorn Twig-borer

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in heathland and woodland in parts of southern England Can only be separated from S. rhamniella and S. lophyrella by dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines twigs of Alder Buckthorn and Buckthorn, living between flowers and shoots spun together with silk.

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 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 Jul (2010) — 16 Aug (2008)

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

Foodplant: Rhamnus sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/sorhagenia-janiszewskae/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2010

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