Davey, P., 2009: A rare species with only a handful of voucher specimens from Kent, Dorset and Cornwall, the larva feeding on the flowers and seeds of sheep’s-bit (Jasione montana). A single example was found on sheep’s-bit rich sandy heaths at Studland about forty years ago, and has been discovered very recently on Hengistbury Head. Sheep’s-bit is a local plant of sunny banks, heathland edges and dunes, confined mainly to the Poole Basin: Studland, at MV in 1961 (J Bradley), Hengistbury Head,... Read More

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