Euhyponomeuta stannella
Checklist Number16.009 [B&F: 0432]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Subfamily: | Yponomeutinae |
| Genus: | Euhyponomeuta |
| Species: | stannella |
| Authority: | (Thunberg, 1788) |
Endangered (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on dry limestone slopes in Dovedale on the Derbyshire / Staffordshire border, where formerly plentiful, but unrecorded since the early 1970s. Unlikely to be recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 16-20 mm. Larva feeds on Orpine, living within a silken tube or tent.
