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Family: Epermeniidae   Checklist Number: 47.005

Epermenia chaerophyllella  (Goeze, 1783)

Garden Ridge-back

The Scottish distribution is predominantly eastern, but given the food-plants it should be more general. It’s rare in the islands, first recorded from South Uist in 2011. Mottled appearance with characteristic raised scale tufts (the new common name of ‘Ridge-back’ describes it well). Univoltine: found from July onwards, overwintering as an adult. Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and related umbellifers are the larval food-plants.

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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