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Nationally scarce (Nb) in dry grassland and on downland throughout much of England; rare in Wales and Ireland. Very rare in south Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, with only one record this century, at Monkham Copse. Wingspan 12-16 mm. Larva feeds on seeds of Devil's-bit Scabious, Field Scabious and Small Scabious, subsequently feeding in the fallen leaves, living within a movable case.
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Detail records |
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| VC10 Isle of Wight |
| Monkham Copse (SZ48) | 05-Aug-2006 | one | Knill-Jones, SA; Norriss, TJ | Adult |
| Cranmore (SZ38) | 23-Jul-2014 | one | Harvey, MC | Adult |
| Ningwood Common (SZ38) | 23-Jul-2014 | one | Harvey, Martin C. | Adult |
| Walter's Copse (SZ49) | 08-Aug-2014 | one | Plummer, Stephen | Adult |
| Newtown Meadows (SZ49) | 08-Jul-2015 | one | Barden, Phil | Adult |
| Bouldnor Copse (SZ39) | 11-Aug-2015 | one | Bone, N | Adult |
| Walter's Copse (SZ49) | 27-Aug-2015 | one | Plummer, Stephen | Adult |
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| VC11 South Hampshire |
| Brockenhurst (SU30) | 1920 | - | Digby, C | Adult |
| Broughton Down (SU23) | 1971 | - | Ffennell, DWH | - |
| Oxenbourne Down (SU71) | 18-Aug-1972 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU51) | 12-Aug-1974 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Ashurst, NF (SU31) | 03-Aug-1985 | - | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH; Sterling, MJ | Adult |
| Oxenbourne Down (SU71) | 14-Jul-1998 | six | Langmaid, John & Thirlwell, Ian | Adult |
| Portsdown (SU60) | 22-Jul-2011 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Timsbury (SU32) | 03-Jul-2015 | one | Rackham, Tony | Adult |
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| VC12 North Hampshire |
| Harewood Forest (SU44) | 02-Jul-1974 | one | Appleton, D | Adult |
| Leckford Estate (SU33) | 1980 | one | Sterling, DH | Adult |
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