Using datasets:
Wicken Fen nature reserve species data held by The National Trust: National Trust
BRERC April 2013: Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre
RHS monitoring of native and naturalised plants and animals at its gardens and surrounding areas: Royal Horticultural Society
Herefordshire Biological Records Centre Species Records: Herefordshire Biological Records Centre
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre. Lepidoptera Observation Records. Pre-2010 for Cumbria : Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Lincolnshire Moths: Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership
Shropshire Ecological Data Network Database: Shropshire Ecological Data Network
Bringing Reedbeds to Life Invertebrate Survey of three key reedbed sites in England in 2009, 2010: RSPB
Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID): Natural Resources Wales
CCW Regional Data : South East Wales Non-sensitive Species Records: South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre
Invertebrate Site Register - England (1738-2005).: Natural England
Suffolk Biological Records Centre (SBRC) dataset: Suffolk Biological Records Centre
Microlepidoptera of Glamorgan: South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre
Wiltshire & Swindon Site-based Survey Records: Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre
Species Recorded in Somerset: Somerset Environmental Records Centre
Bedfordshire Micro Moths (BNHS) - 1820-2012: Bedfordshire and Luton Biodiversity Recording and Monitoring Centre
Sussex Moth data for 2011 and 2012 DEFRA FUNDED: Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre
Lepidoptera species distribution dataset from 1981 to 2008 for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
921 Phtheochroa inopiana
(Haworth, 1811)
Wingspan 17-22 mm.
A sexually dimorphic species, the females being generally plainer than the males.
Occupying damp places and woodland edges, it is locally common in England and Wales, scarcer in Scotland and Ireland.
The overwintering larvae feed inside the roots of common fleabane (
Pulicaria dysenterica).
The moth is on the wing from June to August.