5.001 BF119  –  Opostegidae –  Oposteginae – Opostega salaciella – Sorrel Cap – (Treitschke, 1833) Adult Micro:  CAT 1 – Distinctive Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
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Taxonomy:   Micro  >> .  . >>  Opostegidae  >> Oposteginae
Other Name/s: Sorrel Bent-wing
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Elachista argentella
ID pointers: A tiny species with head, eye-caps and forewing white
Distribution:  (Last record: 16 July 2024 at Glossop )  –  It is generally distributed widely but locally throughout most of Britain.Accurate status is unknown in Derbyshire as there are very few records. Suspected to be uncommon and local with only two or three records each year.
Flight Period: June /  July /  –  On the wing during the day in June – July Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Tony Davison, Christian Heintzen  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: c10mm
Food Plant: Sheep’s Sorrel
Last Recorded Year: 2024
Last Recorded By – Christian Heintzen
Last Recorded General Area – Glossop

IMAGES BELOW:  Glossop, Derbyshire – Christian Heintzen / Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison

 
 

Distribution Map for Opostega salaciella

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Found 16 records
    ↳ 1 from After 2025
    ↳ 9 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 6 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Opostega salaciella

Monthly Counts By Year: Opostega salaciella

Recordings By Year: Opostega salaciella

Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Opostega salaciella
AGR: -3.16%   |   Total % Change: -53.7%
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Opostega salaciella

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Opostega salaciella

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 - Opostega salaciella – 16 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStage
Opostega salaciellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202525/06/20251adult
Opostega salaciellaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202415/08/20241adult
Opostega salaciellaClover Close, ElvastonSK43B202429/07/20243adult
Opostega salaciellaGlossop, Hague StreetSK09G202416/07/20241adult
Opostega salaciellaHollinsclough (Leycote)SK06N202417/06/20241
Opostega salaciellaBelperSK34N202315/08/20231adult
Opostega salaciellaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202314/06/20232adult
Opostega salaciellaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202221/06/20221adult
Opostega salaciellaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202102/07/20211adult
Opostega salaciellaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202126/07/20211adult
Opostega salaciellaMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y201608/09/20161Adult
Opostega salaciellaCarvers Rocks area, Hartshorne, SwadlincoteSK32G201627/06/20161Adult
Opostega salaciellaMelbourne, DerbyshireSK32X201405/07/20141adult
Opostega salaciellaMidway Rd,Midway,SwadlincoteSK32A201313/07/20131Adult
Opostega salaciellaDovedaleSK15K201101/08/20111Adult
Opostega salaciellaLathkill Dale (open dale west of main ash woodland), BakewellSK16X200711/08/20072Adult

 
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