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Exaeretia allisella
Checklist Number32.006 [B&F: 0687]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Subfamily: | Depressariinae |
| Genus: | Exaeretia |
| Species: | allisella |
| Authority: | Stainton, 1849 |
Nationally scarce (Na) on grassland and waste ground in the west and north Midlands, northern England and North Wales, with scattered records from south-eastern England, Norfolk and Lincolnshire; local in south-eastern Scotland, reappearing in Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Wester Ross and west Sutherland, with a single specimen from Shetland (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 20-23 mm. Larva feeds within stems and roots of Mugwort.
