Brachmia blandella (Fabricius, 1798)
Gorse Crest
35.0280 (B&F: 866)
Synonym(s):
Brachmia gerronella (Zeller, 1850)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Gelechioidea
»Family: Gelechiidae
»Subfamily: Dichomeridinae
»Tribe: Hypercalliini
Common
Resident. Often fairly common at mv light in the west but much less so in the eastern vice-county and missing from central areas. Double brooded, flying mainly from early July to early August and again in the second half of September. Elsewhere, larvae feed on gorse (Pratt, 2011).
