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1285 ~ Dichrorampha plumbana 
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.




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 habitation.
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