39.003 BF904  – Yellow Cap  – Spuleria flavicaput – (Haworth, 1828) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Can be confused with other species –       Leaf-miner:  CAT A – Recorded accepted without the leaf or a photo –       Larval Case:  C1 – Distinctive Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Parametriotidae
Other Name/s: Yellow-headed Cosmet
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: As the name suggests it has an obvious yellow head. Sooty black-grey forewings, with a black elongated oval tufts half way along the dorsum
Distribution:  (Last record: 2025 at Birch Vale )  –  Found on hawthorn. Only four records on the website. The fifth and latest is the first since 2004, Birch Vale 23/5/2025.
General Comment: None
Flight Period: May /  June –  On the wing May – June. Moth Activity: Diurnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Will Soar, Jane Hewitt  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 13 December 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 12-14mm
Food Plant: Hawthorn (Crataegus).
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Jane Hewitt
Last Recorded General Area – Birch Vale

Selected Images:  Kings Newton – Will Soar© 21/5/2004 / Birch vale 23/5/2025 – Jane Hewitt©



Occurrence Distribution From All Available Data (Adult & Immature)
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Distribution Map for Spuleria flavicaput

Found 5 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ 1 from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ 4 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Spuleria flavicaput

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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: Spuleria flavicaput
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

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


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

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Recordings By Year: Spuleria flavicaput
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Spuleria flavicaput
AGR: -3.25%   |   Total % Change: -50%

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Spuleria flavicaput
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Spuleria flavicaput

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 - Spuleria flavicaput – 5 records available

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

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Birch ValeSK08I23/05/20251adultvc57_irecords_extract
Pleasley Colliery NR, PleasleySK46X05/06/20161Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Main Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y22/05/20043Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Main Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y21/05/20041Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Ilkeston (site not precise)SK44R04/06/19811Adultvc57_danes_bc_data

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