Species Details

ABH: 20.018

BF: 417

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia spinosella

=Argyresthia mendica

Authority: Stainton, 1849

Vernacular: Blackthorn Tip Moth

Account: Common in hedgerows throughout much of the British Isles, except for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland The main confusion species are Apple Fruit Moth A. conjugella and A. semifusca, which see. Larva mines buds and shoots of Blackthorn, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 9 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2011) — 14 Jul (2004)

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

Foodplant: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/argyresthia-spinosella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 65

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2022

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