35.065 BF728  –  Gelechiidae –  Anomologinae – Monochroa cytisella – Bracken Gall Moth – (Curtis, 1837) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Confusion Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Gelechiidae  >> Anomologinae
Other Name/s: Bracken Neb
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: Head is a creamy-whitish with an ochreous thorax.The forewing is ochreous-brown that becomes pale towards the base and is darkest at the costa; an oblique whitish streak from the costa at 3/4 towards, but not reaching, the tornus; a shorter streak from the dorsum at 3/4; a series of white subterminal dots. The colourful larvae feed during May-June.
Distribution:  (First record: 8 July 2025 at Wildboar Clough, Longdendale )  –  (Last record: 8 July 2025 at Wildboar Clough, Longdendale )  –  First VC57 Derbyshire record when 2 were recorded from a moth trap at Wildboar Clough, Longdendale 8/9th July 2025. Widespread across England and Wales where the food plant, Bracken, exists.
Flight Period: July /  –  single-brooded Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Christian Heintzen  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 2 August 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 10-12mm
Food Plant: Bracken
Last Recorded Year: 2025
First Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Christian Heintzen
Last Recorded General Area – Wildboar Clough, Longdendale

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1st VC57 record – Wildboar Clough July 2025 – Christian Heintzen©

Distribution Map for Monochroa cytisella

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

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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.

Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Monochroa cytisella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Monochroa cytisella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Monochroa cytisella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Monochroa cytisella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Monochroa cytisella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Monochroa cytisella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Monochroa cytisella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Monochroa cytisella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Monochroa cytisella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Monochroa cytisella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

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.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Monochroa cytisella – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStageSource
Monochroa cytisellaLongdendale, Long Gutter Edge WoodlandSK09U202508/07/20252adultvc57_irecords_extract

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