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Triodia sylvina >

Eriocrania sangii (Wood, 1891)

Purple Spring Jewel
(Large Birch Purple)
2.0080 (B&F: 12)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Eriocranioidea
    »Family: Eriocraniidae

Number of records: 9
Recorded in: 5 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 20 v 2008
Identification 
difficulty 
: 4Adult: Dissection required
Mine: Rear moth, dissection may be needed
Notes: Easier if larva present

The only recent and reliable records of this species have come from adults at Ambersham Common (1998) and King's Standing (2004 & 2008) and leaf mines at Marlpits (2004), Duddleswell (2006) and Plashett Wood (2008). (Pratt, 2011)

Eriocrania sangii
Kingstanding, 3 iv 2008
Photo: Steve Wheatley
Eriocrania sangii
Possible
Buchan Park, 04 iv 2022
Photo: Anthony Bennett
Eriocrania sangii
dissection - Mike Bailey
Rowfant, 9 iv 2025
Photo: Hugh Colville
Eriocrania sangii
Rowfant, 9 iv 2025
Photo: Hugh Colville

Distribution at 1km scale

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Phenology (larval)

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