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Tinagma balteolella
Checklist Number26.002 [B&F: 0399]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Douglasiidae |
| Subfamily: | Douglasiinae |
| Genus: | Tinagma |
| Species: | balteolella |
| Authority: | (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841) |
Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) on the coastal sand-dunes of east Kent, where it was first discovered in 1975. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 8-9 mm. Larva feeds within flowers of Viper's Bugloss, over-wintering in a cocoon.
