Scythris sinensis
Checklist Number43.0061 [B&F: 0920b]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Subfamily: | Scythridinae |
| Genus: | Scythris |
| Species: | sinensis |
| Authority: | (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) |
Recorded infrequently through accidental importation in produce from eastern Asia. Known in Britain from two specimens captured in May 1980 in a department store at Margate, Kent, with no further records to date. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 10-14 mm. Day-flying, may come to light. Larva feeds on Fat-hen, living between flowers and shoots spun together with silk, gregarious in early instars; no evidence of breeding in the UK.
