Davey, P., 2009: A rare deciduous woodland species that still occurs in Essex, and was found to be widespread in the Chilterns in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1962, but has not been seen there since the 1980s. Singletons noted elsewhere in south-east England are believed to be migrants. The larva feeds in bunches of withered oak (Quercus spp.) and beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves that are still attached to fallen twigs; the caterpillar skeletonises the leaves.

In Dorset, the moth has... Read More

	Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 4 (10%) of 40 10k Squares. First Recorded in 2001. Last Recorded in 2018. (Data up to end 2019) Additional Stats

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