Species Details

ABH: 38.003

BF: 592

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Stephensia brunnichella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1767)

Vernacular: Basil Blotch-miner

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in deciduous woodland and woodland margins, on chalky soils, in England from the Wash-Mersey line southwards and also in the north; in Wales from Glamorgan (MBGBI Vol 3) Imago similar to many of the Elachista species, although the white band on the antenna at three-quarters is distinctive. Larva mines leaves of Wild Basil.

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: 8 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 May (2015) — 20 Aug (2008)

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

Foodplant: Clinopodium sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stephensia-brunnichella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 24

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2016

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