The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Confined to a few localities in southern Britain.
Regional Distribution
Found at Gwithian (Tomlin, 1909).
Habitat & Ecology
Believed to be primarily associated with Lesser Dandelion Taraxacum laevigatum where it grows in sandy grasslands but there are no reliable records for Taraxacum laevigatum in Cornwall (C. French, pers comm .), so it must be using a related plant here. Larvae probably develop in the capitula or upper stems. The adult is flightless.
Threats
Coarsening and scrubbing over of dune grassland.
Conservation
None.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.