Moths of Suffolk
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National Status :
Common
Local Status : Resident (SMP Status 3) Distribution and abundance : Locally widespread, probably under-recorded Habitats : Grassland, embankments and rough areas where the foodplant grows Flight Period : Single-brooded; June to July Larval foodplants : On Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), in the central cavity of the seed-head feeding on the pith Morley's Final Catalogue : Barham, Rev: W. Kirby, to whom I am indebted for specimens of Antithesia gentianaenana, Hb. (Stephens, Illust. iv, 1834). Not noted here later till after 1890, when 'I once took a great number of the larvae in Dodnash Wood' (Harwood); beaten at Newton Wood in Needham on 30 May 1933 and bred from teasel-heads in Monks-park wood 1936 (Mly). Wingspan details : Wingspan 15-19mm Identification
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Confirmed by gen.det. by Jon Clifton - Ipswich, Suffolk (5.vii.2012) © Neil Sherman
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