Species Details

ABH: 9.005

BF: 134

Family: Prodoxidae

Subfamily: Lamproniinae

Taxon: Lampronia flavimitrella

Authority: (Hübner, [1817])

Vernacular: Scarce Shoot Borer

Account: Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in hedgerows and woodland in Kent Larva feeds within fruits of Bramble and Raspberry.

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: 13 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2016) — 26 May (2010)

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

Foodplant: Rubus sp.

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

Status: pRDB3

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2010

Latest Year: 2016

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