Family: Praydidae Checklist Number: 22.002
Prays fraxinella (Bjerkander, 1784)
Ash Bud Moth
A scarce species in Scotland with just one record from the Outer Hebrides, found on South Uist in 2020. On the wing from May to October in two generations in the south of Britain but probably one generation here. Found in woodland, scrub and gardens. The larval food-plants are ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare).
References:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.