Sussex Moth Group: Oxypteryx unicolorella

Oxypteryx unicolorella (Duponchel, [1843])

Bronze Neb
(Unmarked Neb)
35.0800 (B&F: 732)

Synonym(s):
Eulamprotes unicolorella (Duponchel, [1843])

»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Gelechioidea
    »Family: Gelechiidae
      »Subfamily: Anomologinae
        »Tribe: Hypercalliini

Number of records: 11
Recorded in: 5 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 14 vi 2017

Resident. Occurs sparingly in a few places in West Sussex, undetected in East Sussex since 1905. Single-brooded, flying mainly from late May to Mid June. The larval foodplant is not known in this country. (Pratt, 2011).

Etchingham, 25 vi 2020
Photo: Caroline Moore

Distribution at 1km scale

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

No larval records