Lampronia morosa Zeller, 1852
Rose Shoot Borer
(Rose Bright)
9.0040 (B&F: 137)
Synonym(s):
Lampronia quadripunctella Stephens, 1835
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Adeloidea
»Family: Prodoxidae
»Subfamily: Lamproniinae
»Tribe: Trifurculini
This species has only ever been unquestionably found in two places in Sussex. It was first discovered at Sompting in the years running up to 1886. In East Sussex the initial record was of a specimen photographed at rest on wild rose in young birch coppice near Northiam in May 2011. (Pratt, 2011)
