Species Details

ABH: 43.002

BF: 911

Family: Scythrididae

Taxon: Scythris grandipennis

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Gorse Runner

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on heathland, downland, waste ground and dry open areas in southern Britain Larva feeds on Ulex species.

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: male 14 — 20 mm; female 12 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 May (2009) — 8 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse), Ulex 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/scythris-grandipennis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 13

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2012

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