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Eudonia lacustrata
Little Grey
Dipleurina lacustrata
Wingspan 15-20 mm. One of the more distinctive of the Scopariinae, identifiable by its rather plain creamy or greyish central portion of the wing.
Various habitats
Flying in July and August.
The larvae feed on mosses, usually on walls or tree-trunks.
Species has a distribution over most of Great Britain, and is fairly frequent nationally. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Fairly frequent but not common in Leicestershire & Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = B (scarce resident or restricted distribution or regular migrant)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Whitethorn Grey, Little Grey
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Crambidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 432
- First record:
- 05/07/2003 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 23/08/2023 (Hague, John)
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