02.001 Dyseriocrania subpurpurella (Common Spring Jewel)
ws: 9-14mm; Apr-May; oak woodland throughout UK; leaf-mine in oak (Quercus spp).
Synonym: Eriocrania subpurpurella (MBGBI1)
Synonym: Eriocrania subpurpurella (MBGBI1)
ID: Distinguished from all other British Eriocrania species by having a gold forewing ground colour; the other species have a purple ground colour.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 21/04/2007; fw 5.3mm
§2 Sutton Fen; Norfolk; 24/04/2009 §3 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 24/04/2009 §4 Strumpshaw Fen; Norfolk; 17/04/2011; male §5 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 16/04/2012; male §6 Hockley Woods, Essex; 23/04/2013; male §7 Hockley Woods, Essex; 23/04/2013; male §8 Hockley Woods, Essex; 31/03/2014; male §9 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016 All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016
§11 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 14/04/2017 §12 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 18/04/2018; male; fw 5.8mm §13 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 18/04/2018; male; fw 5.3mm §14 Hockley Woods, Essex; 15/04/2020; female; fw 5.3mm §15 Pound Wood, Essex; 31/03/2021; male; fw 5.8mm |
Page published Jan 2011 | Genus changed from Eriocrania 09/03/2014 | §6&7 added 19/04/2014 | §8 added 01/05/2014 |
§9&10 added 12/04/2017 | §11 added 02/04/2018 | §12&13 added 22/02/2019 | §14 added 28/04/2020 | §15 added 31/05/2021
§9&10 added 12/04/2017 | §11 added 02/04/2018 | §12&13 added 22/02/2019 | §14 added 28/04/2020 | §15 added 31/05/2021