Cosmopterigidae : Cosmopteriginae
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Cosmopterix orichalcea
Canary-grass Beauty

Stainton, 1861896 / 34.007
=Marsh Cosmet

Norfolk status
Rare.
Distinctive large triangular golden metallic spot on forewing.
Fens, wet woodland, ditches and stream banks.

Farren (1926) writes of C. orichalcea "one of the most beautiful of British moths was first taken in this country at Wicken by the late Thomas Brown. About the same time my father took two in the New Forest, and later Lord Walsingham, then the Hon Thomas de Grey, found it at Merton in Norfolk."

Recorded in 5 (7%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2018.
Additional Stats

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Determination
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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10kGeneral Area
12/06/2018227TG32Irstead / Catfield
12/06/2018127TG32Irstead / Catfield
19/07/2010+27TG32Wayford Bridge
17/06/2005127TG23North Walsham
17/06/2005127TG23North Walsham
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Wingspan: 8-10mm
Flight: May - August .
Foodplant:   Reed Canary-grass, Sweet Vernal-grass, Tall Fescue, Common Reed, millet, Holy Grass
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
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