Moths of Suffolk
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National Status :
Notable Nb
Local Status : Uncertain (SMP Status 4) Habitats : Fens, marshes, broads, damp heathland, dune-slacks and moorland Flight Period : Double-brooded; May and August Larval foodplants : Creeping Willow and other low-growing willow species, such as Eared Willow, also Aspen Records : No recent records Comments : Probably locally extinct but may have been overlooked Morley's Final Catalogue : Not very scarce and widely distributed, preferring a diet of our common aspen in woods, whereon the larva was taken at Raydon in mid-August 1894 (Mly.) Not uncommon at Brandeston, but not found at Playford (Gr, 1857); taken at Ringshall by W. Baker (C: Nat. 1858, 135). Subsequently it was discovered at Bentley where it would seem now extinct for forty years, Needham, Aldeburgh (Hele, 188) and as far west as Tuddenham, though never taken there by Sparke. Wingspan details : Forewing 11-14mm, Wingspan 24-28mm Identification
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Kent (vii.2003) © M Deans
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