791 Chionodes distinctella, (Zeller, 1839)
National Status :
Nationally Scarce A
Local Status :
Resident (SMP Status 3)
Distribution and abundance :
Local
Flight Period :
Single-brooded, late June to August
Larval foodplants :
Possibly mosses, greenweed (Genista) or Field Wormwood (Artemisia campestris)
Morley's Final Catalogue :
Quite a frequent species. On the coast at Felixstow, Aldeburgh, Southwold and Lowestoft; on the Breck at Brandon (Barrett) and Tuddenham (Farren) Fen in August 1905 (Mly).
Identification
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Further Photographs
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Male. Id confirmed by gen.det. (Jon Clifton) - Orfordness, Suffolk (4.vii.2015) © Neil Sherman
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