Record Summary | Female, investigating dead wood, in garden |
Found as | Female imago |
Date | 15 June 2020 |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SU00 |
Lat/Lon | 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W |
Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 15 Jun 2020[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
The dead wood in our garden supports Dorset’s only colony of Dasycera oliviella, a close relative of Esperia sulphurella, the suggested host of this species.
Ovipositor/body length: 1.04, ovipositor/hind tibia: 3.7.
The following literature was used to identify this find:
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