Photo © Keith Tailby
Eriocrania salopiella
Checklist Number02.005 [B&F: 0010]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Eriocraniidae |
| Subfamily: | Eriocraniinae |
| Genus: | Eriocrania |
| Species: | salopiella |
| Authority: | (Stainton, 1854) |
Local in birch woodland throughout Britain, with a scattered, discontinuous distribution. Erratically distributed in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, with notable populations around Fleet Pond, Botley Wood and Havant Thicket, but almost certainly under-recorded. Wingspan 9-12 mm. Day-flying. Adults difficult to distinguish from other Eriocrania species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Birch, over-wintering as a pupa.
The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:
No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
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| Larval | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
