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Incurvaria oehlmanniella (Hübner, 1796)

Purple-tinged Cutter
(Common Bright)
8.0030 (B&F: 131)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Adeloidea
    »Family: Incurvariidae
      »Subfamily: Incurvariinae
        »Tribe: Trifurculini

Number of records: 65
Recorded in: 49 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 19 v 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species

A resident species occurring singly at mv light, occasionally sparingly, in a few deciduous woods in both vice-counties. Perhaps seriously under-recorded. Single-brooded, flying mainly from late May to late June. Larvae feed on fallen (deciduous) leaves. (Pratt, 2011)

Incurvaria oehlmanniella
Etchingham, 22 v 2020
Photo: Caroline Moore
Incurvaria oehlmanniella
Burton Mill Pond SWT Reserve, 19 v 2024
Photo: Colin Piper
Incurvaria oehlmanniella
Lindfield, 4 vi 2009
Photo: Bob Foreman

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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