Identification

Uniformly ferruginous brown forewings with a narrower unbroken longitudinal stripe than Catopria margaritella.

Recording method

Field observation.

Flight Period

One generation. July-August.

Larval foodplants

Mosses and clubmosses.

Habitat

Upland.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was netted on a walk up Millfore, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 25th July 2012. No records from Dumfriesshire or Wigtownshire.