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Nationally scarce (Nb) in woodland in southern England, as far north as Worcestershire and Leicestershire, and in parts of Wales. In Hampshire most reports are from the south, where it is evidently widespread, and it has yet to be recorded from the north; on the Isle of Wight, there is one good record of this species at Newtown. Wingspan 16-20 mm. Reliably separated from P. josephinae and P. flavifrontella only by dissection of the genitalia, however P. josephinae tends to appear later in the year, and P. subochreella generally has a plainer forewing and darker hindwing. Larva feeds on withered leaves, living within a movable case.
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Detail records |
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| VC8 Wiltshire (Hants county) |
| West Park (SU11) | 27-Jun-2002 | one | Green, David G | Adult |
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| VC10 Isle of Wight |
| Newtown (SZ49) | 14-Jun-1969 | two | Pelham-Clinton, EC | Adult |
| Briddlesford Copse (SZ59) | 15-May-2019 | three | Outlaw, Iain | Adult |
| Parkhurst Forest (SZ49) | 28-Jun-2019 | one | Outlaw, Iain | Adult |
| Sandpit Copse (SZ59) | 20-May-2020 | two | Outlaw, Iain | Adult |
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| VC11 South Hampshire |
| Hound Shore (SU40) | 15-May-1974 | two | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Hound Shore (SU40) | 04-Jun-1974 | five | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU51) | 30-May-1976 | one | Appleton, D | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU51) | 04-Jun-1976 | one | Appleton, D | Adult |
| Havant Thicket (SU71) | 04-Jun-1978 | one | Langmaid, JR; Chalmers-Hunt, JM | Adult |
| Pigbush, NF (SU30) | 08-Jun-1981 | - | Agassiz, DJL; Emmet, AM; Langmaid, JR; Pelham-Clinton, EC | - |
| Pig Bush (SU30) | 08-Jun-1981 | one | Langmaid, JR; Pelham-Clinton, EC; Emmet, AM; Agassiz, DJL | Adult |
| Emer Bog NR (SU32) | 23-Apr-1984 | two | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH, PH & MJ | Case |
| Havant Thicket (SU71) | 24-Mar-1985 | six | Langmaid, John | Case |
| Ashurst, NF (SU31) | 03-Jun-1985 | - | Langmaid, JR; Pelham-Clinton, EC | Adult |
| Ashurst, NF (SU31) | 03-Jun-1985 | - | Langmaid, JR; Pelham-Clinton, EC | Adult |
| Mallard Wood, New Forest (SU30) | 05-Jun-1985 | - | Langmaid, JR; Pelham-Clinton, EC; Sterling, DH | Adult |
| Busketts Wood, Ashurst (SU31) | 05-Jun-1985 | - | Langmaid, JR; Pelham-Clinton, EC | Adult |
| Lodgehill Inclosure, Ashurst (SU20) | 1986 | - | Sterling, DH; Sterling, MJ; Sterling, PH | - |
| Mallard Wood, New Forest (SU30) | 1986 | - | Sterling, DH; Sterling, MJ; Sterling, PH | - |
| Lodgehill Inclosure, Ashurst (SU31) | 15-Mar-1986 | - | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH | Case |
| Havant Thicket (SU71) | 18-Apr-1986 | three | Langmaid, JR; Pelham-Clinton, EC | Case |
| West Walk, Wickham (SU61) | 28-Jun-1986 | - | Langmaid, JR; Parsons, MS | Adult |
| West Walk (SU61) | 12-May-1990 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU50) | 27-May-1990 | - | Langmaid, JR; Heckford, RJ | Adult |
| Emer Bog NR (SU42) | 01-Jun-1991 | two | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH | Adult |
| Emer Bog NR (SU42) | 05-Jun-1993 | - | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH | Adult |
| West Walk, Wickham (SU51) | 26-May-1994 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Havant Thicket (SU71) | 02-Mar-1996 | two | Langmaid, JR; Heckford, RJ | Case |
| Wickham Common (SU51) | 20-May-2000 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Swanwick HWT NR (SU51) | 10-May-2002 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Wickham Common (SU51) | 05-Jun-2002 | two | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Sladford's Copse, Rowhay Farm, Roughay Nr Marwell (SU52) | 09-Jun-2006 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| West Walk (SU61) | 16-Jun-2006 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Manor Farm CP (SU51) | 04-May-2007 | one | Carr, P | Adult |
| Funtley (SU50) | 16-Jun-2007 | one | Codlin, Trevor | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU50) | 27-Jun-2007 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Ashurst, NF (SU31) | 23-May-2008 | one | Godfrey, Keith | Adult |
| Denny Wood, NF (SU30) | 31-May-2010 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| West Walk (SU61) | 27-May-2011 | one | Opie, Maurice | Adult |
| Denny Wood, NF (SU30) | 23-May-2012 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Wickham (SU51) | 25-May-2012 | two | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Dockens Water, Ringwood (SU11) | 02-Jun-2012 | 33 | Lewis, Chris | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU50) | 17-Jul-2012 | one | Opie, Maurice | Adult |
| Roydon Woods HWT Reserve (SZ39) | 07-Jun-2013 | one | Dickson, Richard | Adult |
| Funtley (SU50) | 28-Aug-2013 | two | Opie, Maurice | Adult |
| Whitley Wood, NF (SU20) | 29-May-2014 | two | Lewis, Chris | Adult |
| Ravens Nest Inclosure, NF (SU21) | 03-Jun-2014 | 20 | Baker, Mike | Adult |
| Hen Wood (SU62) | 08-Jul-2016 | one | Coker, Kevin | Adult |
| Hen Wood (SU62) | 09-Jun-2017 | one | Coker, Kevin | Adult |
| Upham (SU52) | 09-Jun-2018 | one | Tindale, Anthony | Adult |
| Wickham (SU50) | 24-May-2019 | one | Opie, Maurice | Adult |
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