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Dichrorampha plumbagana (Treitschke, 1830)

Lead-coloured Yarrow Moth
(Silver-lined Drill)
49.3220 (B&F: 1276)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Tortricoidea
    »Family: Tortricidae
      »Subfamily: Olethreutinae
        »Tribe: Grapholitini

Number of records: 37
Recorded in: 13 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 30 v 2021
Identification 
difficulty 
: 4Adult: Dissection required

A resident species, generally scarce in the West, although sometimes fairly common by day in Rewell Wood; very rare in the East. Single-brooded, flying mainly from early May to early June. Larvae feed in the stems and roots of yarrow. (Pratt, 2011).

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No larval records

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