2.008 BF12  –  Eriocraniidae – Eriocrania sangii – Purple Spring Jewel – (Wood, 1891) Adult Micro:  CAT 4 – Gen. Det. Required – Gen-Det-Reqd       Leaf-miner:  CAT R – Moth will need to be reared and possibly dissected – reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Blue –  Generally Common / Widespread        purple – Leaf Miner     day-flying – Day-flying
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> .  . >>  Eriocraniidae
Other Name/s: Large Birch Purple
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: E.cicatricella; E.semipurpurella; E.sparrmannella
ID pointers: Metallic purple coloured forewings with a scattering of gold metallic markings. The adults are difficult to tell apart from E. semipurpurella without reference to the genitalia structure.
Distribution:  An early flier and a fairly common species throughout the county.
Flight Period: March /  April /  –  On the wing March – April  Mine Period: April /  May /   – The larva creates a blotch mine in a leaf of birch (Betula), rather like some related species, but unlike the other species, the larva itself is dark grey and is quite distinctive if the mined leaf is held up to the light. Moth Activity: Diurnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Will Soar  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 11 March 2025 by TD ***
Forewing: 4-7mm Food Plant: Birch
Recorded dates for Common [Blue code Blue-coded] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.

IMAGES BELOW:  King’s Newton – Will Soar © / undetermined so either/or with 2.007

 
 

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Distribution Map for Eriocrania sangii

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Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Eriocrania sangii
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Monthly Counts By Year: Eriocrania sangii

Recordings By Year: Eriocrania sangii

Eriocrania sangii
Insufficient records/data for a trend analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Eriocrania sangii

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Eriocrania sangii

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Eriocrania sangii

Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Eriocrania sangii – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStage
Eriocrania sangiiCarvers Rocks NR,HartshorneSK32G200908/05/20091Larval Mine

 
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