Cauchas rufimitrella - a Fairy longhorn moth 2
Probably Cauchas rufimitrella - a Fairy Longhorn moth. One of three in a small patch of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) near a hedge, chalk grassland. ID for the following reasons: it looks about right, C. rufimitrella is one of the early species and Garlic mustard is one of its two foodplants, the other being Cuckoo Flower. But please confirm or correct ID if you are able to - thanks!
Yew Hill butterfly reserve, Oliver's Battery, Winchester, Hampshire, UK, 5 May 2011.
OS Grid Ref: SU 454 265
Cauchas rufimitrella - a Fairy longhorn moth 2
Probably Cauchas rufimitrella - a Fairy Longhorn moth. One of three in a small patch of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) near a hedge, chalk grassland. ID for the following reasons: it looks about right, C. rufimitrella is one of the early species and Garlic mustard is one of its two foodplants, the other being Cuckoo Flower. But please confirm or correct ID if you are able to - thanks!
Yew Hill butterfly reserve, Oliver's Battery, Winchester, Hampshire, UK, 5 May 2011.
OS Grid Ref: SU 454 265