Norfolk status
Local. (Nationally Scarce)
Shingle beaches, sandy areas, usually on the coast.
Creamy-yellow head and three silver bands across the forewing on nominate form.(form f. tarquiniella only a single silver fascia)

Local but well recorded in recent years.

Several larvae found at Winterton-on-Sea amongst the moss -
Dicranum scoparium in 2014 (B. Heckford, S. Beavan, 14/05/14)

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In 2015, a pair of Microlycus was reared from a larva of Eulamprotes wilkella found in moss by R. Heckford; these specimens have been identified as M. harcalo and are described in this document. [Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 152: 149–154]

[Eulamprotes wilkella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera:
Gelechiidae): further consideration of the larva and its biology, and of the forms of the adult. Entomologist’s Gazette 66: 1–12]

Note: Jan 2020 genus change from Eulamprotes to Oxypteryx.

Recorded in 23 (31%) of 74 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1874. Last Recorded in 2025. Additional Stats

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