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Photo © Peter Buchner - Lepiforum |
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Norfolk status
Scarce.
First Norfolk record from the Brecks in 2005.
Chalk or limestone downland where the foodplant found but also in damper, marshy situations where the larva feeds on common-fleabane.
One of the larger Coleophorids, the adults being reasonably distinctive with their streaked white and buff forewings.
Leaf-mine: September - May
Recent record of cases on Common Fleabane at Foxley Wood in 2012 (J.R. Langmaid 07/06/12)Recorded in 2 (3%) of 69 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2005.
Last Recorded in 2012. |
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Copyright © Jim Wheeler 2013
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| Wingspan: |
12-16 mm. |
| Season: |
June and July |
| Foodplant: |
Ploughman’s Spikenard, Common Fleabane |
| Nat Status: |
Nationally Scarce B |
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Hawk moths
