Species Details

ABH: 2.003

BF: 8

Family: Eriocraniidae

Taxon: Eriocrania unimaculella

Authority: (Zetterstedt, 1839)

Vernacular: White-spotted Spring Jewel

Account: Local in birch woodland throughout most of Britain This species is most easily distinguished from other Eriocrania by the conspicuous silvery tornal spot, which in most other species is pale golden (MBGBI Vol 1). Larva mines leaves of Birch, 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: 9 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Apr (2003) — 17 Apr (2004)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch).

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/eriocrania-unimaculella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2023

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