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35.085 BF762  – Honeysuckle Grey  – Athrips mouffetella  – (Linnaeus, 1758)
Adult Micro:  CAT 1 – Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others –      
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Black – Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data   
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Gelechiidae  >> Gelechiinae
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Other Name/s: Dotted Grey Groundling
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
Distribution:  (Last record: 1978 )  –  Uncertain as no modern day records – Harrison & Sterling shows 5 records with last one in 1978
General Comment: None
Flight Period: June /  July /  August /  September –  June – September Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – and is attracted to light Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 15-16mm
Food Plant: Honeysuckle
Last Recorded Year: 1978
Last Recorded By – Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2025 - 2025)
(click legend below to show/hide datasets)
This chart summarises all available historical occurrence records collated by ISO week of the year. It reflects recorder effort and sampling distribution as well as true biological activity, and should be interpreted as an indicative pattern of seasonal occurrence rather than a statistically controlled abundance or phenology model.

Distribution Map for Athrips mouffetella

Found 1 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ 1 from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ 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.

⚠️ NBN Atlas UK Distribution - No LSID found for: Athrips mouffetella
This moth may be an aggregate and as such no specific records of distribution exist.


Monthly Records By Year: Athrips mouffetella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Athrips mouffetella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )

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

Shading shows moth presence between dates

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Recordings By Year: Athrips mouffetella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Athrips mouffetella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Athrips mouffetella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2026

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Athrips mouffetella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Athrips mouffetella

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 2020-2026.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Athrips mouffetella – 1 records available

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

Site Name Tetrad Date Count Stage Recorder Source RecordKey
Staveley garden SYA SK47H 16/07/2025 2 adult Radford, Mark vc57_irecords_extract iBRC43523362

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