Species Details

ABH: 15.002

BF: 280

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Gracillariinae

Taxon: Caloptilia cuculipennella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Privet Stilt

Account: Scarce in Britain as far north as Perthshire and in Ireland, especially on sea-cliffs and rough ground near the sea and woodland inland. Very rare in our area: Ffennell reported one from the Southampton area in 1935, and there are three old records from the Isle of Wight. Recent years have seen a scattering of further examples, with the first for North Hampshire coming in 2020. Wingspan 11-12 mm. Beware confusing the far more widespread and common C. syringella. Larva mines leaves of Ash and Wild Privet, subsequently living within a leaf-fold.

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: 11 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2013

Latest Year: 2024

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