Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851, (bulrush cosmet)

30 Jan 2005 at OSGR: SU36 in South Wilts, England

Limnaecia phragmitella is also a member of:
Leaf-miner moths - moths with leaf-mining larvae (via Cosmopterigidae)
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Gelechioidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	Part-grown larvae at base of seeds on fruiting spikes of Reedmace
Found as	Larva
Date	30 January 2005
Associated organism	Typha latifolia
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU36
Lat/Lon	51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W
Vice County	South Wilts, VC no: 8
Country	England

Notes: Larvae of various sizes up to 7mm long.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Emmet, A.M. (Ed.), 1988. A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera, 2nd, revised & enlarged, 288pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. (Eds), 2002. Oecophoridae to Scythrididae except Gelechiidae (vol 4(1)). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 4 (Part 1), 326pp, Harley Books

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Limnaecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851, (bulrush cosmet)

30 Jan 2005 at OSGR: SU36 in South Wilts, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Limnaecia phragmitella is also a member of:

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