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Micropterix tunbergella
Checklist Number01.001 [B&F: 0001]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Subfamily: | Micropteriginae |
| Genus: | Micropterix |
| Species: | tunbergella |
| Authority: | (Fabricius, 1787) |
Local in woodland throughout England and Wales as far north as the Lake District and Northumberland. Uncommon in Hampshire, where absent from the south-west and north-east, and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 8-11 mm. Adults have purple markings on a metallic golden ground and orange head tufts. The larval food is apparently unknown, various alternatives have been suggested, including the pollen of oak, sycamore and other plants, minute particles of leaf litter, and fungal hyphae; larvae have been found up to 10cm deep in stony woodland soil.
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
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Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
