Argyresthia laevigatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Larch Tip Moth
(Larch-boring Argent)
20.0010 (B&F: 401)
Synonym(s):
Argyresthia atmoriella Bankes, 1896
Argyresthia glabratella sensu Pierce & Metcalfe, 1935 nec (Zeller, 1847)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
»Family: Argyresthiidae
»Subfamily: Acrolepiinae
»Tribe: Phalacropterygini
There are only four good records of this species in Sussex. The first is of its original discovery at Balcombe in June 1957. Single adults then came to mv light in Rewell Wood in June 1993 and in Walberton in June 2009. The only East Sussex record is from the Lewes district in 1990. (Pratt, 2011).
