- Rare / Uncommon / Scarce
- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: Forewing is brown becoming reddish or orangney brown towards the dorsum. with a dark fused double spot at the base of the cleft. Forewing cleft into lobes from just beyond two thirds. A longitudinal spot in the dorsal half of the costal lobe and a small dark spot just beyond one-third.
Distribution: A very localised species in Derbyshire, as it is eleswhere in Britian. It was introduced in the late 1960’s and is spreading. Garden records may originate from larvae introduced with cultivated plants of S.Hypnoides, but the moth is able to spread between gardens, and has mainly been found in areas not very distant from wild populations of S. hypnoides (Mossy Saxifrage). Larvae have been found in the Derbyshire Dales where wild S.Hynoides exists.
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IMAGES BELOW: Buxton, Derbyshire – Ian White© – Cromford, Derbyshire – Clive Ashton©
45.019 BF1506 Stenoptilia millieridactyla - Ian White © - Buxton - June 2024
