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Alabonia geoffrella  
         
  B&F: 0652

ABH: 28.022

Status:  Resident

Distribution/Abundance:  Rare

Primary Habitat:  Woodland

Wingspan:  17-21mm

Flight Period:  May - June

Observations: Larvae feed under the bark of dead wood. Very few modern county records of this spectacular day-flying species

Confusion Species: 

L.O.N.:  VCH

First Record:  1902, Wallis