Gelechiidae

35.008 Cornish White-barred Aproaerema suecicella (Wolff, 1958)

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Similar species:

Forewing: 4 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Coastal grassland.

Habits: The moth is only found at one site in Cornwall, despite searches of the foodplant elsewhere.

Foodplant: The larva mines a leaf while sheltering between spun leaves at the tip of a stem of Hairy Greenweed. It pupates in the spinning.