63.079 BF1292 – Crambidae – Crambinae – Calamotropha paludella

Crambidae – Crambinae – Calamotropha paludella

STATUS – Not known – Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988) Probably this specimen, a female, was a new species for the county micro moth list. A species that is expanding its range.

ID POINTERS – Females larger and whiter than the males. Both sexes have white hind wings. Forewing whitish brown to sandy brown.

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during June – September

IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©

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