Fomoria septembrella
Hypericum Dot
Hypericum Dot
Fomoria septembrella
Hypericum Dot
4.078 BF42
Wingspan 5-6 mm.
A tiny moth, having a wingspan of only around 6mm, with quite a coarsely-scaled appearance.
Fairly common in England and Wales, the species has two generations, on the wing in May and June, and again in August.
The larvae feed in a mine in a leaf of St. John's-wort (Hypericum), at first in a narrow gallery, later becoming a blotch mine.
Flight period
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 11 |
| February | 5 |
| March | 3 |
| April | 2 |
| May | 3 |
| June | 7 |
| July | 37 |
| August | 67 |
| September | 130 |
| October | 159 |
| November | 53 |
| December | 11 |
