Aproaerema taeniolella
Syncopacma taeniolella
Wingspan about12 mm. This species resembles Syncopacma larseniella and Aproaerema cinctella, but can be distinguished by the whitish fascia on the underside of the forewing, absent in those species.
In areas where the larval foodplants occur.
The adult moths fly in July and come to light.
The foodplants are Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), and sometimes Clover (Trifolium) spp., or Medick (Medicago), the larvae feeding between spun shoots or leaves during May and June.
Reasonably common in the southern half on England, this species becomes scarcer further north into England and Wales, and has occurred in small numbers in Scotland and Ireland. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
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Species profile
- Common names
- Silver-barred Sober, Common White-barred
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Gelechiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 01/07/2015 (Russell, Adrian)
- Last record:
- 25/06/2020 (Leonard, Pete)
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