Species Details

ABH: 15.010

BF: 288

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Gracillariinae

Taxon: Caloptilia stigmatella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1781)

Vernacular: Willow Stilt

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Mar (2025) — 29 Nov (2024)

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

Foodplant: Populus sp. (a poplar), Salix aurita (Eared Willow), Salix sp. (a sallow).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/caloptilia-stigmatella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 180

Individuals: 14

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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