Gelechia hippophaella

Checklist Number
35.104 [B&F: 0805]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Gelechiidae
Subfamily:Gelechiinae
Genus:Gelechia
Species:hippophaella
Authority:(Schrank, 1802)

Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in coastal sandhills in England, intermittently, from Camber in east Sussex to Spurn in south-east Yorkshire. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 15-18 mm. Larva feeds on Sea Buckthorn, living within a spun or rolled leaf.