Nationally scarce (Nb) on downland, grassland, waste ground and roadside verges throughout much of England. In Hampshire there are just a handful of recent records, but perhaps overlooked; on the Isle of Wight, there are no records since the Victorian County History at the turn of the 19th century. Wingspan 6-7 mm. Larva mines leaves and stems of Yarrow.
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Detail records |
Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
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VC8 Wiltshire (Hants county) |
West Park (SU11) | 08-Aug-2001 | one | Green, David G | Adult |
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VC10 Isle of Wight |
Freshwater (SZ38) | 1900 | - | Vic County History | Adult |
Sandown (SZ58) | 1900 | - | Vic County History | Adult |
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VC11 South Hampshire |
Browndown (SZ59) | 27-Jun-1982 | - | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, PH | Larval |
Eastney (SZ69) | 04-Jul-1985 | - | Langmaid, John | Pupal |
Portsdown (SU60) | 29-Apr-1997 | - | Langmaid, John & Thirlwell, Ian | Larval feeding signs |
Eastney (SZ69) | 08-Sep-1997 | one | Langmaid, John & Thirlwell, Ian | Cocoon |
Eastney (SZ69) | 18-Apr-2002 | - | Elliott, Brian & Langmaid, John | Larval feeding signs |
Eastney (SZ69) | 25-Apr-2002 | two | Langmaid, John | Cocoon |
Milton Common (SU60) | 07-Jun-2013 | one | Langmaid, John, S.M. Palmer & I.R. Thirlwell | Adult |
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VC12 North Hampshire |
Longmoor (SU73) | 03-Jul-1980 | - | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH | Cocoon |
Pyestock (SU85) | 28-Sep-2002 | one | Edmunds, RD | Larval |
Odiham Common (SU75) | 12-Oct-2002 | one | Edmunds, RD | Larval |
Harewood Forest (SU44) | 25-Jun-2004 | - | Green, David G | Larval |
Harewood Forest (SU44) | 25-Jun-2004 | - | Green, David G | Larval |
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