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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

Number of records: 1
Recorded in: 1 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 11 iv 1956
Identification 
difficulty 
: ?Adult: Very scarce species

The only good Sussex record concerns four specimens which were collected from Ashdown Forest in April 1956. (Pratt, 2011).

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No larval records

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