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0015 Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina) (Linnaeus, 1761) - (Hepialidae / Hepialinae)


Notes: Common in woodlands where bracken Pteridium aquilinum grows. The larva feeds in the rhizomes of this and other root-systems.
Distribution: Throughout Great Britain including the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands but absent from Ireland and the northern isles.

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