39.001 BF905 – Parametriotidae – Blastodacna hellerella

Parametriotidae – Blastodacna hellerella

STATUS – Fairly common locally in the county, on Hawthorn.

ID POINTERS – A distinctive little moth that rests low and flat. Forewing can be dark or blackish-brown or silvery white, with varying blotches of white or dark brown. Two pairs of raised scale tufts

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing June & July 

IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©

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