Phaulernis fulviguttella
Yellow-spotted Drab
EpermeniidaeABH 47.001 B&F 478A day-flying species of high summer, associated with Hogweed Heracleum spondylium. Probably under-recorded as it does not come to light, but undeniably much rarer than its foodplant; only eleven records to date, all from VC6 and none more recently than 1984. Brightly-coloured and superficially easy to identify, but beware the similarly-patterned tortrix Pammene aurana, which flies slightly earlier in the year.
Adult Verification Grade: 1