Sussex Moth Group: Whittleia retiella

Whittleia retiella (Newman, 1847)

Netted Sweep
11.0150 (B&F: 190)

Synonym(s):
Whittleia reticella (Newman, 1850) misspelling

»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Tineoidea
    »Family: Psychidae
      »Subfamily: Epichnopteriginae
        »Tribe: Epichnopterigini

Number of records: 1
Recorded in: 1 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 23 iv 1995

Identification
difficulty

: ?Adult: Very scarce species
Case: photo or specimen of case and plant/pabulum and bred moth required

The only unquestionable Sussex record is of a colony found in Cuckmere Valley in 1905, where caterpillars were said to feed on sea meadow grass up to April and the adults flew abundantly from the middle of May to the end of June. (Pratt, 2011)

Distribution at 1km scale

No adult records

Phenology (larval)