Agonopterix
assimilella (Treitschke, 1832) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Currently just a handful of recent
Nottinghamshire records, but probably a widespread moth
of areas containing stands of Broom. Most easily recorded
as a larva during the late-Winter and early Spring, by
examining shoots of the foodplant which have been fixed
together with silk. The larva is a rich plum colour. |
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Adult, reared
ex-Walesby larva photographed May 2016 |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Near
full-grown larva photographed on Broom Cytisus scoparius,
photographed at Ransom Wood March 2017. |
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7mm larva
photographed on Broom Cytisus scoparius, Gibraltar Plantation
March 3rd 2024. |
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Larva
photographed on Broom Cytisus scoparius, Mansfield, February 2008. |
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