UK Status
Resident. Common
Montgomeryshire
Status
A rare species most recently recorded in 2014 at Newtown but prior to
that not since 1999 at Ola-Lluest upper field in the north of the
county.
Wingspan
: M & F, 20-22mm.
Confusion
species
None. |
Flight
time (Montgomeryshire)
Habitat
Broadleaf woodland especially mature hazel.
Foodplant
Hazel, hornbeam, birch and wild rose.
Lifestage data
Overwinters as a pupa in the plant debris. Larva late July-September. |
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