UK Status
Resident. Widespread and common throughout the British Isles.
Montgomeryshire Status
A single record taken from the north-east of the county at Llanymynech Rocks in 1999.
Wingspan
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M & F,19-23mm.
Confusion species
A. bipunctosa, A. kaekeritziana and A. pallorella.
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Flight time & Voltinity
(Univoltine)
Habitat
Open grassy places.
Foodplant
Common and greater knapweed.
Lifestage data
Spinning. Eggs, oviposition site unknown. Larva first feeds in a spun shoot and later in a rolled leaf. Pupates in detritus. |
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