01.003 Micropterix aureatella
ws 8-11mm (MBGBI1), fw: 4-5mm (Sterling & Parsons): May-Jun; adults feed on pollen of various herbaceous plants especially sedges (Carex spp) in woodland and moorland throughout UK.
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ID: Head ferruginous (not black); forewing purple (not gold) with two broad pale yellow fasciae
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Middle Dodd, Cumbria; 15/06/2019
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