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Apodia martinii
Dark Seedhead Moth Petry, 1911
Gelechiidae: Anomologinae
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Photo © Francis Farrow,  05/08/2015 - Sheringham Common

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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 9-12 mm
Flight: July - August.
Foodplant:   Common Fleabane, Ploughman's Spikenard, Sea Aster
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Local.
Damp meadows, ditches, open downland or salt-marshes.

First modern-day Norfolk record in 2002 at Beeston Common (F. Farrow) followed by the second Norfolk at Shotesham in 2011 (A. Musgrove, 14/08/11) Several records in subsequent years.

[MBGBI vol4.2]

Note 2023 name change from Apodia bifractella (Duponchel, 1843) to Apodia martinii Petry, 1911.

Recorded in 28 (38%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
18/08/2023128TF74Titchwell
11/08/2023128TL99Thompson Water
10/08/2023127TG10Bowthorpe
09/08/2023128TF74Holme
09/08/2023127TG14Sheringham / Beeston
30/07/2023128TF84Holkham Gap
28/07/2023128TF64Hunstanton Park / Ringstead
26/08/2022128TF90Scoulton
18/08/2022228TF84Holkham Gap
30/07/2022127TG13Hempstead
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