Family: Epermeniidae Checklist Number: 47.005
Epermenia chaerophyllella Goeze, 1783
Garden Lance-wing
Rare in the islands but common on the mainland. Mottled appearance with characteristic raised scale tufts . Univoltine: found from July onwards, overwintering as an adult. Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and related umbellifers are the larval foodplants