UK Status
Resident. Local S,C.
Montgomeryshire
Status
Not recorded for more than 60 years until found in Middletown in 2010
(see pic below) and one other site since. The previous three
county records had also been from the east of the county.
Wingspan
: M
& F, 24-27mm.
Confusion
species
None. |
Flight
time (Montgomeryshire)
Habitat
Mostly damp places.
Foodplant
Bedstraw.
Lifestage data
Overwinters as a very small larva. Larva August-May. Pupates in a
cocoon in the leaf litter. |
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