Agonopterix umbellana

    Gorse Buff

    DepressariidaeABH 32.029 B&F 705

    A gorse-feeder, recorded regularly at West Luccombe on Exmoor until 2000, and not unreasonable to suppose it might still occur in the area.  Several more recent records from Burnham-on-Sea and Lympsham that are hard to interpret, and may represent migrants.  Noted at Bickenhall in the Blackdowns in 1950, but not since in this area.

    Adult Verification Grade: 1

    Gorse Flat-body (Agonopterix umbellana) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies