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Acrolepiopsis assectella >

Digitivalva pulicariae (Klimesch, 1956)

Fleabane Moth
(Fleabane Smudge)
19.0100 (B&F: 472)

Synonym(s):
Digitivalva granitella sensu auctt. nec (Treitschke, 1833)


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

Number of records: 267
Recorded in: 78 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 30 vii 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species

A resident species, occurring singly or sparingly at mv light in a wide range of habitats in both vice-counties. Single-brooded, flying mainly from mid-July to late August, and again after hibernation up to late May. Larvae feed on fleabane. (Pratt, 2011)

Digitivalva pulicariae
Woods Mill, 10 viii 2016
Photo: Bob Foreman
Digitivalva pulicariae
Castle Hill LNR and The Fort, Newhaven, 23 i 2023
Photo: Steven Teale
Digitivalva pulicariae
Lewes, 23 iii 2022
Photo: Peter Tinning
Digitivalva pulicariae
Hastings, 09 vii 2022
Photo: Angela Bogie
Digitivalva pulicariae
Etchingham, 18 viii 2021
Photo: Caroline Moore
Digitivalva pulicariae
Newhaven, East Sussex, 15 xii 2015
Photo: Steven Teale
Digitivalva pulicariae
, Fleabane Smudge
Mount Pleasant, Newhaven, 17 xii 2014
Photo: Steven Teale
Digitivalva pulicariae
TQ801105 Shornden Meadow, 4 v 2013
Photo: Crystal Ray

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Distribution at 1km scale

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Phenology (larval)

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