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Small Magpie

Anania hortulata

Checklist Number
63.025 [B&F: 1376]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Crambidae
Subfamily:Pyraustinae
Genus:Anania
Species:hortulata
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common wherever there are nettles, throughout southern England and locally in northern England and southern Scotland. Widespread and common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 33-35 mm. One of the most distinctive and easily recognised British species of micro-moth. Larva feeds on both perennial and annual species of nettle, Stinging Nettle and Small Nettle.

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
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Adult
Larval

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