Species Details

ABH: 26.001

BF: 398

Family: Douglasiidae

Taxon: Tinagma ocnerostomella

Authority: (Stainton, 1850)

Vernacular: Speckled Bugloss Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in dry open areas in south and south-east England, from Devon to Lincolnshire Larva feeds within stems of Viper's Bugloss, over-wintering 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: 8 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Jun (2008) — 30 Jun (2016)

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

Foodplant: Echium vulgare (Viper's-bugloss).

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/tinagma-ocnerostomella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2016

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