9.006 BF138  –  Prodoxidae –  Lamproniinae – Lampronia fuscatella – Birch Gall Moth  – (Tengström, 1848) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 – Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive – confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black – Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data        day-flying – Day-flying
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Prodoxidae  >> Lamproniinae
Other Name/s: Scarce Bright
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
ID pointers: The head is yellow or orange with the rest of the forewing a rather bland and uniform dark brown, can show a slight purplish sheen.
Distribution:  (Last record: 30 May 2024 )  –  Nationally Scarce B – The moth is quite local across the British Isles, occurring scarcely in a few widely scattered areas. The county status remains unknown, as this is the first record of an adult for Derbyshire. Recorded on 30th May 2024.
Flight Period: May /  June /  –  May – June   Moth Activity: Diurnal   – but often seen by day Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Christian Heintzen  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Food Plant: Birch – The larva is unusual in that it forms a swelling, or gall on a twig of birch (Betula), usually at a node, within which it feeds
Last Recorded By – Christian Heintzen
Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

IMAGES BELOW:  Christian Heintzen © – Glossop, Derbyshire – 30th May 2024.

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Distribution Map for Lampronia fuscatella

Found 2 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 2 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 – Lampronia fuscatella

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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: Lampronia fuscatella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

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


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

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

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Lampronia fuscatella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Lampronia fuscatella
( 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 - Lampronia fuscatella – 2 records available

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

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStageSource
Lampronia fuscatellaLongdendale, Wildboar CloughSK09U202430/05/20241adultvc57_irecords_extract
Lampronia fuscatellaFairholmesSK18U202311/02/20232larvavc57_irecords_extract

 
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