Xenolechia aethiops (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
Scorched Heath
(Moorland Groundling)
35.1540 (B&F: 763)
Synonym(s):
Xenolechia aterrima (Edelston, 1844)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Gelechioidea
»Family: Gelechiidae
»Subfamily: Gelechiinae
»Tribe: Hypercalliini
The only good Sussex record concerns four specimens which were collected from Ashdown Forest in April 1956. (Pratt, 2011).