Family: Pterophoridae       Sub-family: Pterophorinae 1498     *     Amblyptilia punctidactyla Wingspan: 18-23mm Flight time: June-July, September-May, hibernates through winter. Widely distributed in various habitats including hedgerows and gardens. Often hibernates indoors. Food plants: Flowers and unripe seeds of Hedge Woundwort, Primrose, Columbine and Stork's-bill A. acanthadactyla is very similar but browner colour and less speckled

Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. 2010