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Cedestis gysseleniella Zeller, 1839

Double-barred Needle-miner
(Gold Pine Ermel)
16.0210 (B&F: 442)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Yponomeutidae
      »Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 14
Recorded in: 11 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 30 vi 2022
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species

A rare resident with single specimens netted and also caught at mv light. Not known in Sussex until 1932 but recorded at four sites since 1980. Moths have been reported from mid June until mid August. The larvae feed on pines in other counties. (Pratt, 2011).

Cedestis gysseleniella
Ashdown Forest, 13 vii 2021
Photo: Charles Waters
Cedestis gysseleniella
Scotney Estate, 27 viii 2021
Photo: Charles Waters
Cedestis gysseleniella
Etchingham, 3 vi 2011
Photo: Caroline Moore
Cedestis gysseleniella
Etchingham, 3 vi 2011
Photo: Caroline Moore

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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