0897b Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891) - (Cosmopterigidae / Cosmopteriginae)

 

Status: Adventive
Notes: Recorded infrequently through accidental importation in pomegranates from India. Examples of this species were collected on 22 December 2001 in fruit from a store in Devon and on 12 January 2002 in fruit from a store in Cornwall. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Larva feeds within fruit of Pomegranate.

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