ABH: 32.028

Status:  Unknown

Distribution/Abundance:  Rare

Primary Habitat:  Wasteground, Roadside verges, Grassland

Wingspan:  20mm

Flight Period:  August, and to May after hibernation

Observations: Larvae feed on Knapweeds and Saw-wort. This species appears to be declining in the UK, and is now mostly confined to the South.

Confusion Species:  A. kaekeritziana, A. bipunctosa. Some members of the Depressariinae are difficult to positively identify as adults unless the recorder is particularly skilled. Best identified either from the larval case/foodplant, or by examination of adult genitalia.

L.O.N.:  Newton, 06.viii.1909. Locally common

First Record:  1909, Wallis.