753 Aristotelia brizella, (Treitschke, 1833)
National Status :
Nationally Scarce B
Local Status :
Resident (SMP Status 3)
Distribution and abundance :
Local
Habitats :
Coastal
Flight Period :
Double-brooded, mid-May to early June and late July to August
Larval foodplants :
Thrift (Armeria maritima) or less often Common Sea-lavender (Limonium vulgare)
Morley's Final Catalogue :
Frequent in salt-marshes of the Deben at Hemley (Wlr, Trans. i, 108 & ii, 89) and many in August 1932 (Mly); Hollesley (Whit).
Identification
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Further Photographs
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Larval feeding damage within Thrift (Armeria maritima) seedhead - Boyton, Suffolk (19.iii.2006) © A Prichard
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Larval feeding damage within Thrift (Armeria maritima) seedhead - Boyton, Suffolk (19.iii.2006) © A Prichard
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Larval feeding damage within Thrift (Armeria maritima) seedhead - Boyton, Suffolk (19.iii.2006) © A Prichard
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Orfordness, Suffolk (14.viii.2009) © Neil Sherman
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