Photo © Mike Wall

Agonopterix alstromeriana

Checklist Number
32.031 [B&F: 0695]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Depressariidae
Subfamily:Depressariinae
Genus:Agonopterix
Species:alstromeriana
Authority:(Clerck, 1759)

Common on roadside verges, waste ground, marshes and river-banks throughout the British Isles, but not in the far north. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight local and seldom seen in numbers, despite being one of the easiest species of this group to identify. Wingspan 17-20 mm. Fairly unmistakable combination of large black costal blotch and adjacent rusty red elongate mark, and prominent apical dots. Larva feeds on flowers and leaves of Hemlock, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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