Photo © Michel Billard

Pleurota aristella

Checklist Number
28.026 [B&F: 0655]

Verification
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Classification

Family:Oecophoridae
Subfamily:Oecophorinae
Genus:Pleurota
Species:aristella
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1767)

Local on dry grassland and hillsides on the Channel Islands; not recorded on mainland Britain. Wingspan 20-22 mm. Larva feeds on various low plants.