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Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on chalk downland in the south of England from Kent to Dorset. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight recorded very sparingly in all three vice-counties. Wingspan 4.2-5.8 mm. Larva mines leaves of Self-heal, over-wintering as a pupa.
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Detail records |
| Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
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| VC10 Isle of Wight |
| Tennyson Down (SZ38) | 28-Oct-1984 | - | Knill-Jones, RP | Adult |
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| VC11 South Hampshire |
| Oxenbourne Down (SU71) | 25-May-1974 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Winchester (SU42) | 1975 | one | Ffennell, DWH | Larval |
| Highcliffe (SZ29) | 07-Jul-1985 | one | Wild, EH | Adult |
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| VC12 North Hampshire |
| Leckford Estate (SU33) | 17-Sep-1976 | - | Ffennell, DWH | Larval |
| Leckford Estate (SU33) | 18-Sep-1986 | two | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH | Mine |
| Leckford Estate (SU33) | 17-Sep-1987 | - | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH | Mine |
| Leckford Estate (SU33) | 12-Sep-2002 | - | Elliott, Brian & Langmaid, John | Mine |
| Leckford Estate (SU33) | 20-Oct-2011 | one | Langmaid, John, M.R. Young & B. Elliott | Mine (vacated) |
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