Phycitodes saxicola (Vaughan, 1870)
Lesser Clouded Knot-horn
(Small Clouded Knot-horn)
62.0590 (B&F: 1484)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Pyraloidea
»Family: Pyralidae
»Subfamily: Phycitinae
»Tribe: Phycitini
A resident currently known from a few coastal sites, rarely found more than half a mile from the seashore. It usually occurs singly, sometimes sparingly at mv light on vegetated shingle beaches, amongst sand-dunes and in salt-marshes. It is apparently single-brooded flying mainly from the second week of June to early September. The larvae feed on Compositae but this has still to be proved in Sussex. (Pratt, 2011).
