UK Status
Resident. Widespread and fairly common throughout the coastal
counties of the British Isles as far north as Aberdeenshire, more
scarce inland.
Montgomeryshire Status
Recorded once from a site in the west of the county at Staylittle in 1975.
Wingspan
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M & F, 12-14mm.
Confusion species
S. nitentella, S. atriplicella and S. salinella
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Flight time & Voltinity
(Bivoltine+)
Habitat
Wherever the foodplant is found.
Foodplant
Orache.
Lifestage data
Stem miner. Eggs, oviposition site unobserved. Larva mines the stem eating the pith. Pupates in the stem of the foodplant. |
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