28.019 Sulphur Tubic Esperia sulphurella (Fabricius, 1775)
Family
Oecophoridae: Oecophorinae.
Status
Resident. Local.
Flight period
VC72
First for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Castlehill in Kirkmahoe parish on 12th April 1980 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland.
Other sites: Courance. VC73
First was found at Upper Clifton on 23rd June 2006 during a Scottish Entomologists' meeting.
Other sites: Auchenshore on Auchencairn Bay.
VC74
First was found at West Glenstockadale on 27th May 2012.
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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