Chrysoesthia drurella
Flame Neb
Flame Crest
Wingspan 8 to 9 mm. A small but brightly coloured species.
Frequenting open ground and wasteland.
The moths have two generations, flying in May and June, and again in August and September.
The larvae feed by mining the leaves of goosefoot (Chenopodium) and orache (Atriplex), forming a contorted gallery.
Distributed widely but locally throughout England, it is rare in Scotland and not known in Ireland or Wales. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
Most frequently recorded as a leafmine record in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Near Box Road, Broughton Astley
28 August 2018
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley B581 Broughton Way
03 September 2021
leafmine on Atriplex
Mark Skevington
Springwell Lane, Whetstone
07 September 2020
final instar larva
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Land near Old Mere Close
06 September 2020
leafmine on Chenopodium
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
18 August 2014
Mark Skevington
Whetstone
07 September 2020
egaten
Thurlaston garden
11 August 2020
David Nicholls
Thornton, Busky Wood
01 September 2019
sue
Bagworth, Church Hill
31 August 2020
early instar larva
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Species profile
- Common names
- Flame Neb
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Gelechiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 37
- First record:
- 08/06/2013 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 01/08/2023 (Calow, Graham)
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Graham Calow
Bumble Bee Lane, Sharnford
23 August 2018
leafmine on Many-seeded Goosefoot
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Old Fosse
28 July 2021
tenanted leafmine on Common Orache (Atriplex patula)
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Old Fosse
28 July 2021
larva ex leafmine on Common Orache (Atriplex patula)
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Old Fosse
28 July 2021
leafmine on Common Orache (Atriplex patula)
sue
Bagworth
13 September 2020
egaten
Thurlaston garden
14 September 2020
sue
Bagworth, Church Hill
31 August 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote
22 August 2014
leaf mine on Chenopodium album
Denise Stretton
Granitethorpe Allotments, Sapcote
27 July 2016
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
09/07/2017
Leaf mine on Fat hen
Graham Calow
Sapcote
08 June 2013
confirmed by gen det
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
09/07/2017
Leaf mines on Fat hen
Alan Semper
Harby Nature Reserve
08 July 2013
Graham Calow
Near Box Road, Broughton Astley
28 August 2018
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
18 August 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
25 June 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote
22 August 2014
leaf mine on Chenopodium album
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Land near Old Mere Close
06 September 2020
leafmine on Chenopodium
sue
Bagworth, Church Hill
31 August 2020
Mark Skevington
Springwell Lane, Whetstone
07 September 2020
Mark Skevington
Whetstone
07 September 2020
egaten
Thurlaston garden
14 September 2020
David Nicholls
Ratby
14 July 2022
egaten
Thurlaston garden
14 September 2020
David Nicholls
Ratby
14 July 2022
