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Monochroa hornigi
Persicaria Borer Staudinger, 1883
Gelechiidae: Anomologinae
740 / 35.077
Photo © Peter Buchner - Lepiforum

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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 9-12mm
Flight: June - July
Foodplant:   Pale Persicaria.
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4
Status
Rare.
Damp bare ground and in ditches where foodplant found.
First recorded in UK 1963.

First recorded in Norfolk 2004, very few confirmed records.

Determination by Genitalia Examination Required

Recorded in 6 (8%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2004.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
08/07/2023127TG32Irstead / Catfield
29/06/2022127TG31Bure Marshes NNR
26/06/2020127TG02Hindolveston
25/06/2020127TG20Stoke Holy Cross
23/06/2020127TG02Hindolveston
29/06/2019128TF92Great Ryburgh
17/06/2005127TG02Hindolveston
29/06/2004128TF64Hunstanton Park / Ringstead
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