Species Details

ABH: 35.161

BF: 756

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Parachronistis albiceps

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Hazel Bud Moth

Account: Local in Wales and southern England, north to Yorkshire A distinctive black and white gelechiid with three large subtriangular spots evenly spaced along costa, the basal edge of the first of these often extended into an oblique narrow transverse fascia which joins an elongate streak along dorsum almost to tornus (MBGBI Vol 4 part 2). Larva feeds within young shoots of Hazel.

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: 10 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Jun (2018) — 23 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Corylus sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/parachronistis-albiceps/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 44

Individuals: 25

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2025

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