UK Status
Resident. Widespread and generally common throughout the British Isles as far north as eastern Ross and Cromarty.
Montgomeryshire Status
A single record taken at Llanymynech Rocks in 1998.
Wingspan
:
M & F, 12-14mm.
Confusion species
D. sedatana and D. aeratana.
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Flight
time & Voltinity
(Univoltine)
Habitat
Rough meadows.
Foodplant
Ox-eye daisy and yarrow.
Lifestage data
Root feeder. Eggs laid on foodplant. Larva lives and feeds in roots and
rootstock, when nearly full grown it forms a web around the root and
feeds within on the root surface. Pupates in a silken cocoon in larval
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