Status Local. (Nationally Scarce) Shingle beaches, sandy areas, usually on the coast. Creamy-yellow head and three silver bands across the forewing on nominate form.(form f. tarquiniella only a single silver fascia)
Local but well recorded in recent years.
Several larvae found at Winterton-on-Sea amongst the moss - Dicranum scoparium in 2014 (B. Heckford, S. Beavan, 14/05/14)
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In 2015, a pair of Microlycus was reared from a larva of Eulamprotes wilkella found in moss by R. Heckford; these specimens have been identified as M. harcalo and are described in this document. [Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 152: 149–154]
[Eulamprotes wilkella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): further consideration of the larva and its biology, and of the forms of the adult. Entomologist’s Gazette 66: 1–12]
Note: Jan 2020 genus change from Eulamprotes to Oxypteryx.Recorded in 21 (28%) of 74 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1874. Last Recorded in 2023. |