Species Details

ABH: 7.002

BF: 147

Family: Adelidae

Subfamily: Adelinae

Taxon: Nemophora metallica

=Nemophora scabiosella

Authority: (Poda, 1761)

Vernacular: Scabious Longhorn

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in dry pastures and chalk downland throughout much of south-eastern England Larva feeds on seeds of Field Scabious and Small Scabious, subsequently feeding in the fallen leaves, living within a movable case.

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: 15 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2017) — 1 Sep (1999)

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

Foodplant: Knautia sp., Scabiosa sp.

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/nemophora-metallica/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 30

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2020

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