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Epermenia insecurella

Checklist Number
47.003 [B&F: 0482]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Epermeniidae
Subfamily:Epermeniinae
Genus:Epermenia
Species:insecurella
Authority:(Stainton, 1849)

Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on limestone grassland and chalk downland in England, south of a line from the Severn estuary to The Wash, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. In our area there are four very old records on the Isle of Wight, until rediscovered on Mottistone Down on the island in May 2018. Wingspan 9-11 mm. Flies in late afternoon sunshine. Larva feeds on Bastard Toadflax Thesium humifusum.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater (SZ38)1850-IWGAdult
Sandown (SZ58)1900-Victoria County Hist of Hants & IW 1900Adult
Freshwater (SZ38)1923-DigbyAdult
Freshwater Down (SZ38)1926oneW FassnidgeAdult
Mottistone Down (SZ48)25/05/2018fourSDBevan, RJHeckfordAdult
High Down: Main Bench (SZ38)28/06/2021fivePhil BardenLarval
Brook Down (SZ38)04/07/2021threePhil BardenLarval
Brook Down (SZ38)07/07/2021onePhil BardenAdult