Species Details

ABH: 34.012

BF: 908

Family: Cosmopterigidae

Subfamily: Chrysopeleiinae

Taxon: Sorhagenia rhamniella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Buckthorn Shoot-borer

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in woodland margins on chalky soils and fens in parts of south-eastern England Can only be separated from S. lophyrella and S. janiszewskae by dissection of the genitalia. Larva feeds on buds, shoots and flowers of Alder Buckthorn and Buckthorn, living between flowers and leaves spun together with silk.

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: 8.5 — 10.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Jul (2003) — 10 Aug (2008)

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

Foodplant: Rhamnus sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/sorhagenia-rhamniella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2011

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