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Oxyptilus parvidactyla
Small Plume (Haworth, 1811)
Pterophoridae: Pterophorinae
1490 / 45.025
Photo © Jim Swalwell,  25/06/2015 - Cranwich Camp

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Breckland Plume
Oxyptilus distans
Wood Sage Plume
Capperia britanniodactylus
Wingspan: 13-18mm.
Flight: May - July.
Foodplant:   Mouse-ear Hawkweed.
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Rare.
Grassland on chalky soils.

Adults can be easily confused with Oxyptilus distans (and other species). Best identified by dissection, unless reared from larvae on known foodplants.

Records from Croxton, 1884; East Wretham, 1983; Cranwich, 1990; Recent records from Weeting and Cranwich.

C. Barrett [VCH 1901] "- parvidactylus, Haw. Croxton ; very local"

Recorded in 6 (8%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1873.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
21/07/2023128TL79Cranwich
28/05/2023128TL79Cranwich
19/07/2022+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
02/07/2022128TL79Cranwich
24/06/2022128TL79Cranwich
17/06/2022128TL79Cranwich
12/06/2022228TL79Cranwich
09/06/2022+28TL79Cranwich
19/07/2021+28TL78Weeting Heath
17/07/2021128TL79Cranwich
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