Species Details

ABH: 15.021

BF: 314

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Acrocercopinae

Taxon: Leucospilapteryx omissella

Authority: (Stainton, 1848)

Vernacular: Mugwort Stilt

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in waste ground, downland and roadside verges throughout much of south-eastern England, with records north to Yorkshire. Very local in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, surprisingly so given the widespread nature of the foodplant, but it can be relatively common where this occurs, notably so in the Portsmouth area. Wingspan 7-8 mm. Most records are of the larval mines in the leaves of Mugwort in autumn, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

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: 7 — 8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/leucospilapteryx-omissella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2013

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