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Epermenia insecurella

Adult, reared from pupa • Main Bench, High Down, Isle of Wight • © Phil Barden

47.003 BF482

(Stainton, 1849)

Wingspan c. 9-11mm.

A rather scarce species, occurring locally on sandy or calcareous soil, in central southern England.

The moths are dayflying and can be found on the wing in two generations, between May and August.

The larval foodplant is bastard-toadflax (Thesium humifusum), the larvae feeding in the shoots when small, and later in a slight web on the leaves themselves.

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Reference

Bradley, J.D.Checklist of Lepidoptera Recorded from The British Isles, Second Edition (Revised) (2000)

Emmet, A.M. (Ed.)The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3 (1996)

Sterling, P. and Parsons, MField Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (2012)