ABH: 63.016

Status:  Unknown

Distribution/Abundance:  Scarce

Primary Habitat:  Grassland

Wingspan:  20-26mm

Flight Period:  June

Observations:  The larvae feed on Common Cow-wheat and Yellow Rattle. This once apparently widespread species has a gap in records between 1954 and 2016, when one was noted at Ring Haw on 21.vi.2016.

Confusion Species: 

L.O.N.:  Near Stanion, Wadenhoe; locally common

First Record:  1906, Wallis