Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides
Family: Pyralidae Checklist Number: 62.059
Phycitodes saxicola Vaughan, 1870
Small Clouded Knot-horn
Rare and first recorded on South Uist in 2009. The only other record for the Outer Hebrides was from St. Kilda in 1959. Active from June to August. Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is the main foodplant
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