Apodia bifractella
Species account from Moths of Glamorgan
The orange head makes this small dark gelechiid one of the more recognisable of the group. Widely distributed in the county, and probably fairly common. The larvae feed in the seed heads of Common Fleabane, Ploughman's Spikenard, and Sea Aster.
10km Distribution Map
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Tetrad Distribution Map
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Date
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Maesteg, Mynydd Bach (west)
SS8592
1
17 Aug 2007
Paul Parsons
Whiteford
SS4495
0
1980
R.G. Warren
SE of Morfa Roundabout (flood alleviation)
SS513986
0
12 Aug 2015
Ian Morgan
Walters Farm
ST099687
2
10 Aug 2020
Stephen Passey
Maesteg, Mynydd Bach (west)
SS854924
1
26 Aug 2005
Paul Parsons
Maesteg, Mynydd Bach (west)
SS8592
1
22 Jul 2006
Paul Parsons
Pencaecrwn Road, Gorseinon
SS585995
1
28 Jul 2001
Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Kenfig Reserve Centre
SS80138100
1
16 Jul 2019
David Carrington
Roath Central Cardiff (Rothamsted)
ST193775
1
18 Jul 2003
David Slade
Hensol Forest (Mynydd y Glew)
ST0376
2
10 Aug 2004
Martin White, D.K. Thomas
Penmynydd
SS4492
0
1979
R.G. Warren
land at west end of Queen's Dock, Swansea
SS670919
2
06 Aug 2013
Barry Stewart
Cadoxton Ponds
ST131684
2
04 Aug 2014
Vaughn Matthews
Nantyffyllon
SS85219213
2
10 Aug 2015
Paul Parsons
Roath, Central Cardiff
ST188781
1
27 Aug 2020
D.R.W. Gilmore
Maesteg, Cwrtymynys Wood
SS859920
1
16 Jul 2006
Paul Parsons
Whiteford Burrows
SS4495
1
18 Aug 1972
R.G. Warren
Llangynwyd
SS841871
3
12 Aug 2019
Paul Parsons
Nantyffyllon
SS85229212
2
10 Aug 2015
Paul Parsons
Hunter's Hollow, Penmaen
SS531887
1
25 Jul 2006
Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Queen's Dock (w)
SS671919
1
06 Aug 2013
Barry Stewart
Old Castle Down (north west)
SS898762
1
11 Aug 2007
Glamorgan Moth Recording Group
Whiteford Burrows NNR
SS445947
1
11 Aug 2015
Barry Stewart
Cwm Ivy Tor
SS435940
0
1979
I. Tillotson, R.G. Warren
Hailey Park meadow
ST141796
1
05 Aug 2015
George M. Tordoff
Horton
SS482855
1
05 Aug 2002
Martin White
Whiteford Burrows (ISR)
SS4595
0
1979
Unknown
Cadoxton Ponds
ST13306858
1
22 Aug 2017
Vaughn Matthews
Kenfig NNR
SS7880
1
09 Aug 2020
George M. Tordoff
Pen-y-Turnpike Wood
ST156724
0
01 Aug 2018
Rob and Linda Nottage
Maesteg, Mynydd Bach (west)
SS8592
2
21 Aug 2007
Paul Parsons
Rhoose Point
ST066660
1
23 Jul 2013
Adam Mantell
Whiteford Burrows
SS4494
0
1972
Unknown
Cardiff and Glamorgan Memorial Park and Crematorium, Barry
ST123707
0
22 Jul 2018
Rob and Linda Nottage
Glen Moor, Gower
SS468909
1
25 Jul 2015
David Painter
Whiteford NNR
SS445950
0
1979
R.G. Warren
Hailey Park meadow
ST141796
11
09 Aug 2015
George M. Tordoff
Burry Holms (W)
SS399926
1
22 Jul 2006
Veronica Shenston, Barry Stewart, David Painter, Sandra Stewart
Dow Corning, Barry
ST1337068620
1
23 Aug 2016
Vaughn Matthews
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