Species Details

ABH: 39.006

BF: 902

Family: Parametriotidae

Taxon: Chrysoclista lathamella

=Chrysoclista bimaculella

Authority: Fletcher, 1936

Vernacular: Willow Flame

Account: Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) and restricted in the UK to woodland in England, where very erratic in appearance Resembles C. linneella but differs in the orange ground colour of the forewing, which is divided into two spots by a broad blackish brown band from costa to dorsum and by the presence of a patch of erect dark scales in the second dorsal spot (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). Larva feeds within bark of White Willow and Goat Willow.

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 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (1999) — 1 Jun (1999)

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

Foodplant: Salix alba (White Willow).

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

Status: pRDB2

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/chrysoclista-lathamella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 1999

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