Species Details

ABH: 35.002

BF: 849

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anacampsinae

Taxon: Aproaerema cinctella

=Syncopacma cinctella

=Syncopacma vorticella

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Scarce White-barred

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) and much less common than S. larseniella in rough ground and dry grassland in parts of southern and central England and central Ireland The most likely confusion species are S. taeniolella, which see for differences, and S. larseniella, from which reliably separated only by dissection of the genitalia. Larva feeds on Common Bird's-foot Trefoil, living between leaves spun together with silk.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 11 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 May (2016) — 26 Jun (2019)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/aproaerema-cinctella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2019

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