Species Details

ABH: 20.011

BF: 410

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia brockeella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Gold W

Account: Common in open, especially birch, woodland and freshwater margins throughout the British Isles. Variable, but only the scarce unicolorous form problematic, being similar to the unicolorous form of A. goedartella, but a deeper, darker colour than A. goedartella. Flies in afternoon sunshine and at night. Larva mines young shoots and catkins of Silver and Downy Birch, and Alder.

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: 12 May (2000) — 7 Sep (2021)

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

Foodplant: Alnus glutinosa (Alder), Betula sp. (a birch).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/argyresthia-brockeella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 169

Individuals: 65

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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