B&F: 0001
ABH: 1.001
Status: Resident
Distribution/Abundance:
Scarce
Primary Habitat: Woodland
Wingspan: 8-11mm
Flight Period: May
to June
Observations: Adults
feed on pollen, sometimes seen swarming around flowers of trees. There
are only three old records for this moth, all dating to 1907, credited
to Eustace Wallis. In 2013, Mark Hammond netted a single specimen
in Grafton Park Wood (SP98) in the afternoon, flying around Beech
trees on 07.v.2013, and another in Bedford Purlieus (TL09) on 26.v.2013.
Confusion Species:
L.O.N.: 1907.
Many localities. Rather common.
First Record: 1907,
Wallis.
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