09.002 (BF135)

Wood Bright   

Lampronia luzella
Micro
Prodoxidae
Adult: 2
Resident. Local.

Recording method

Flies in afternoon sunshine.

Life cycle

Early stages unknown.  Adults fly May-July.

Larval foodplants

Possibly bramble.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at an unknown site in Dumfriesshire by a person unknown prior to 1975 (BRC/MOGBI data), while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Troston on 2nd July 1979 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland.

6 record(s) from 5 hectad(s) in D&G

VC74 VC73 VC72
Last recorded 2020 1961
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 UK Moths website - further information on species (with photos)

 East Scotland Butterfly Conservation website - national distribution maps and phenology

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