Main: (Yponomeutidae / Yponomeutinae)
16.018 [B&F: 0439] Swammerdamia compunctella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Nationally scarce (Na) in open woodland in England, South Wales and Scotland, but not recorded from the extreme north of Scotland, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney or Shetland (MBGBI Vol 3). In Hampshire first recorded at Emery Down on 19 June 1971, with four subsequent unconfirmed records, at Basingstoke in 1999 and Micheldever Wood in 2003, followed by two from the Pamber area in 2012 & 2013. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 14-15 mm. Larva feeds on Rowan and Hawthorn, beneath a silken web, often several together.

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