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
Primarily southern and western, always scarce.
Regional Distribution
The Lizard (Keys, 1919) and Kenidjack in 1996.
Habitat & Ecology
Feeds on Thrift Armeria maritima on rocky sea cliffs.
Threats
Probably none.
Conservation
Much of The Lizard cliff-land is now owned by The National Trust; the Kenidjack site is owned by The National Trust.
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.