20.023 Purple Argent Argyresthia albistria (Haworth, 1828)
Family
Argyresthiidae.
Status
Resident. Local.
Flight period
VC72
First for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Glenmidge on 3rd August 1975 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton.
Other sites: Caerlaverock, Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish, Courance.
VC73
First was found at Portling on 6th September 1978 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland.
Other sites: Auchenshore on Auchencairn Bay, Barcloy Hill, Old Torr, Ravenshall Point.
VC74
First was found at Cairnhead on 10th August 2013. Other sites: None.
Life cycle
Larval foodplants
Identification
Habitat
Recorders' notes |  Distribution map displays records from the National Biodiversity Network (See terms and conditions). The following datasets are included:
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