Species Details

ABH: 35.091

BF: 841

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Sophronia semicostella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: White-streaked Snout

Account: Local in grassland and open woodland throughout England and Wales. The distribution in Hampshire mirrors those areas in which trapping effort is concentrated, and the moth is probably more widely distributed than the records suggest; very infrequently recorded from the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 18-19 mm. The combination of remarkable, tufted labial palps and white costal streak is shared by the superficially similar Pleurota bicostella, which see. Larva feeds within lower stems of Sweet Vernal-grass.

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: 18 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 Jun (2015) — 28 Jul (2002)

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

Foodplant: Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/sophronia-semicostella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2017

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