The Moths and Butterflies of Huntingdonshire

General Information

This is one of three very similar relatives. It can be distinguished by the diagnostic white head/palps and blackish thorax.

Wingspan: c. 13 mm.
Foodplant(s): ragworts (Senecio spp.), hawk's-beards (Crepis spp.), hawkweeds (Hieracium spp.), Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis), Goldenrod (Solidago virguarea)
Flying: Two generations, June and August
National status: Local

Habitat

Rough grassy hillsides, fens, railway banks, waste ground.

Regional Information

Recorded in 44 (16.3%) of the 270 2km squares of Huntingdonshire.

Last recorded in August 2020

Recorded date range (Adult): 13 May to 10 September

Similar Species

Great Staughton

Cochylis hybridella

Earith

Cochylis atricapitana

0964 (ABH49.137) Cochylis dubitana, (Hübner, [1799])

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