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Thisanotia chrysonuchella

(Scopoli, 1763)1321 / 63.107

Davey, P., 2009: A species of the chalk downs and coastal sandhills in southern England, the larva feeding on the stem bases of grasses (Poaceae), including sheep’s fescue (Festuca ovina). In Dorset, this species used to occur very locally on unimproved grassland on chalky soils, but there have been no records since before the middle of the last century: Badbury Rings, Hambledon Hill and Hod Hill, (W Parkinson Curtis), Gussage St Michael, (Dr J Wood), Cranborne, (Reverend F Fisher).

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Additional Stats

Wingspan: c. 25 mm.
Flight: May and June
Foodplant:   Grasses.
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
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