Phycitodes saxicola Pyralidae     Phycitinae

ABH 62.059
B&F 1484   *   Phycitodes saxicola

Adult not reared, identified by gen.det.
Larvae in spun webs on Ragwort, Senecio and in flowerheads of Sea Mayweed, Tripleurospermum maritimum and Golden Samphire, Inula crithmoides

Larvae of Homeosoma nimbella are similar but so far have only been reared from Sheep's-bit (Jasione montana)


Phycitodes saxicola

Phycitodes saxicola

Phycitodes saxicola

Phycitodes saxicola

Phycitodes saxicola
Phycitodes saxicola
Badbury Rings, Studland and Winspit, Dorset. September and October 2016, August 2017

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