Species Details

ABH: 14.013

BF: 276

Family: Bucculatricidae

Taxon: Bucculatrix demaryella

Authority: (Duponchel, 1840)

Vernacular: Birch Tuft

Account: Local in open woodland, heathland, moorland and bogs throughout much of the British Isles Larva mines leaves of Birch, Hazel and Sweet Chestnut, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 13 May (2010) — 23 May (2011)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Castanea sp., Corylus sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2011

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