Species Details

ABH: 4.089

BF: 37

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Ectoedemia albifasciella

Authority: (Heinemann, 1871)

Vernacular: White-banded Dot

Account: Common in woodland, gardens, orchards and parks throughout much of England and Wales and, in favourable years, southern Scotland. Widely distributed and fairly common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan male 5.2-6.4 mm, female 5.2-6.5 mm. The imago may be distinguished from E. subbimaculella and E. heringi by the absence of the large and conspicuous white spot at the base of the forewing. Adults difficult to distinguish from other Ectoedemia species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Oak, 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: male 5.2 — 6.4 mm; female 5.2 — 6.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/ectoedemia-albifasciella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 127

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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