Home > Species list > Moths of Northamptonshire & The Soke of Peterborough
Key to Text

Leek Moth Acrolepiopsis assectella  
         
 

B&F: 0473

ABH: 19.011

Status:  Resident

Distribution/Abundance:  Local

Primary Habitat:  Gardens, allotments

Wingspan:  12mm

Flight Period:  Bivoltine: June - July, October and in spring after hibernation

Observations: Larvae feed on cultivated alliums such as Leek, Onion and Chives. First county records were taken by Mike Weedon in his garden trap at Peterborough (TL19) - 24.iii.2011 with a second specimen in the same trap on 23.viii.2011.

Confusion Species: 

L.O.N.:  N/A

First Record:  2011, Weedon.