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Schreckensteinia festaliella (Hübner, [1819])

Blackberry Skeletoniser
(Bramble False-feather)
46.0010 (B&F: 485)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Schreckensteinioidea
    »Family: Schrekensteiniidae
      »Subfamily: Pterophorinae
        »Tribe: Hypercalliini

Number of records: 46
Recorded in: 30 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 16 viii 2021
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

A resident species, occurring singly at mv light in a few places in both vice-counties. Double-brooded, flying mainly from mid-April to mid-May and again from mid-July to late august. Larvae feed on bramble. (Pratt, 2011)

Schreckensteinia festaliella
Bracklesham, 10 v 2016
Photo: Derek Lee
Schreckensteinia festaliella
Rowland Wood, 10 viii 2012
Photo: Bob Foreman
Schreckensteinia festaliella
Rowland Wood, 21 vii 2011
Photo: Bob Foreman
Schreckensteinia festaliella
Scotney Estate, 17 viii 2020
Photo: Charles Waters

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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