UKMoths Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula - Distribution map
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72.069 BF2473
Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula
([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Wingspan 23-27 mm.
A largely single-brooded species, which flies from June to August, with a small second generation in September-October in more southerly parts.
It occupies woodland, parks, gardens and orchards and the larvae feed on lichens which grow on the bark of a variety of deciduous and coniferous trees.
It is locally distributed over the southern half of Britain.
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