Sussex Moth Group: Scrobipalpa atriplicella

Scrobipalpa atriplicella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1841)

Mottled Orache Moth
(Goosefoot Groundling)
35.1170 (B&F: 818)

Synonym(s):
Scrobipalpa atrella (Thunberg, 1788

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

Number of records: 8
Recorded in: 6 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 07 ix 2023

Identification
difficulty

: 4Adult: Dissection required

"There are very old records from Shoreham (where larvae fed on sea purslane) and Lancing. The first East Sussex record came from Eastbourne in 1929 (where larvae were found on goosefoot on waste land). Nationally the moth appears largely during May, and again during July and August (Pratt, 2011)."