Whittleia retiella (Newman, 1847)
Netted Sweep
11.0150 (B&F: 190)
Previously:Epichnopterix retiella (Newman, 1847)
Synonym(s):
Whittleia reticella (Newman, 1850) misspelling
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Tineoidea
»Family: Psychidae
»Subfamily: Epichnopteriginae
»Tribe: Epichnopterigini
pRDB2
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)
