Brown-spot Flat-body
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Description
Wingspan 17 to 19mm. A pale buff moth with a dark patch at the forward edge of its fore-wings with a red-brown mark inside it.
Habitat
Woodland edge, hedgerows, field margins, waste ground - any where where its food plant, Hemlock, grows.
Status and distribution
Common and widespread in England and Wales but not reported so often in Scotland. Common in Nottinghamshire and recorded once at Netherfield Lagoons.
Best time to see
August to April.