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Adscita statices (Linnaeus, 1758) [Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae] Sphinx statices Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 495, no. 38. Procris heuseri Reichl, 1964. Adscita statices (Linnaeus, 1758).

Leaf-mine: The larva initially mines a leaf of Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa) in July and August, and then feeds externally on lower leaves until May, when it pupates in a cocoon near the ground among vegetation (UKMoths). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon near the ground (Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium). Hosts in Britain: Polygonaceae       Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel UKMoths Hosts elsewhere: Polygonaceae       Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July-August and May (UKMoths). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: British Is., including Bedford, Berks, Brecon, Bucks, Cambridge, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Chester, Clyde Isles, Cumberland, Denbigh, Derby, Dorset, Durham, East Gloucester, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Sussex, Glamorgan, Hunts, Isle of Wight, Kirkudbright, Leicester, Main Argyll, Merioneth, Mid Ebudes, Mid-west York, Middlesex, Monmouth, Montgomery, Nort, Essex, North Hants, North Lincoln, North Somerset, North Wilts, North-east York, North-west York, Northampton, Notts, Oxford, Salop, South Devon, South Ebudes, South Essex, South Hants, South Lancaster, South Lincoln, South Somerset, South Wilts, South-east York, South-west York, Stafford, Surrey, Warwick, West Cornwall, West Gloucester, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Suffolk, West Sussex, Westerness, Westmorland and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - GiGL, JNCC, NE and SNH) and the Channel Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, European Turkey, Finland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, North, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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