Hantsmoths

Nationally scarce (Nb) on shingle beaches in parts of south-eastern England, mostly on the coast from east Kent to east Sussex, but also in the majority of the counties south of a line from the Bristol Channel to The Wash, inland records are perhaps the result of immigration. In Hampshire a very scarce species on the coast, with only one inland record, at Winchester in 1990. On the Isle of Wight, recorded for the first time at Freshwater in 1996, with another close-by in 2003 and sporadically since. Wingspan 18-28 mm. Larva feeds on Viper's Bugloss, living between flowers and leaves spun together with silk, over-wintering as a pupa.

VC10 Isle of Wight

VC11 South Hampshire