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Digitivalva pulicariae >

Digitivalva perlepidella (Stainton, 1849)

Spikenard Moth
(Spikenard Smudge)
19.0090 (B&F: 471)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Glyphipterigidae
      »Subfamily: Acrolepiinae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 1
Recorded in: 1 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 04 vi 2015
Identification 
difficulty 
: ?Adult: Very scarce species

There is only one county record of this Nationally Notable class A species - found in June 1980 near Whiteways in Arundel Park. Larvae feed on ploughman's-spikenard. (Pratt, 2011)

Digitivalva perlepidella
Saltdean, 4 vi 2015
Photo: Tim Wilton

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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