Species Details

ABH: 4.067

BF: 45

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Trifurcula subnitidella

=Trifurcula griseella

Authority: (Duponchel, [1843])

Vernacular: Yellow-spot Dot

Account: Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on flower meadows and downland on chalk or limestone in south-eastern England, Cumbria and the Burren. Very similar to T. cryptella, from which only really separable by dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines leaves of Bird's-foot Trefoil.

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: 4.2 — 5.8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (2008) — 16 Jul (2015)

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

Foodplant: Lotus corniculatus (Common Bird's-foot-trefoil).

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

Status: pRDB2

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2008

Latest Year: 2015

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