Species Details

ABH: 4.064

BF: 44

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Glaucolepis headleyella

=Trifurcula headleyella

Authority: (Stainton, 1854)

Vernacular:

Account: Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on chalk downland in the south of England from Kent to Dorset Larva mines leaves of Self-heal, 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: 4.2 — 5.8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal).

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

Status: pRDB2

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 0

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