Gelechiidae
35.008 Cornish White-barred Aproaerema suecicella (Wolff, 1958)
pRDB1
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.