Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Pterophoridae   Checklist Number: 45.008

Gillmeria pallidactyla   Haworth, 1811

Yarrow Plume

Rare and first recorded on South Uist in 2009. Found in dry sandy areas such as machair from June to July. Yarrow (Achillia milefolium), and possibly others species are used by the larvae

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