Scarce Hook-tip
Sabra harpagula
DrepanidaeABH 65.006 B&F 1650The only known locality (and, for many years, the only known location nationally) was Leigh Woods, near Bristol, where the foodplant was Small-leaved Lime (Tilia cordata). Its history there is summarised in the article recommended below. The moth has not been recorded for a long time. A possible immigrant.
Further reading -
Barnett, R. "Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods and Bristol Downs" in Barnett et al, Moths of the Bristol Region (2008), p.15-17.
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