Species Details

ABH: 4.094

BF: 28

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Ectoedemia angulifasciella

Authority: (Stainton, 1849)

Vernacular: Angle-barred Rose Dot

Account: Common in hedgerows and gardens throughout much of England, Wales and southern Scotland. Widely distributed and fairly common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan male 5.2-6.6 mm, female 4.7-6.1 mm. Imago very similar to that of E. agrimoniae, from which separable only by dissection of the genitalia. 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 Wild Rose and Cultivated Rose, 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 — 6.6 mm; female 4.7 — 6.1 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Rosa sp. (a Rose).

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-angulifasciella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 41

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2020

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