Species Details

ABH: 1.004

BF: 4

Family: Micropterigidae

Taxon: Micropterix aruncella

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: White-line Pollen-moth

Account: Common throughout the British Isles, excluding Orkney and Shetland, in generally dry habitats such as downland and hillsides (unlike its congeners which are mainly woodland species), feeding on the pollen of many herbaceous plants and hawthorn. Fairly widespread and common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 6-8 mm. Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on various liverworts and detritus.

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: 6 — 8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (2007) — 7 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 61

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2020

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