35.091 BF841  -  Gelechiidae -  Gelechiinae - Sophronia semicostella - White-streaked Snout - (Hübner, [1813]) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 - Confusion Species -       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
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Other Name/s: White-shouldered Groundling ID Difficulty:  amber  - care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Pleurota bicostella (Heath Streak)
ID pointers: A very strong white costal streak and distinctive banded cilia, especially in fresh specimens
Distribution:  (Last record: 2011 at Dovedale )  -  All records come from one location, Dovedale – August 1927 (Harrison & Sterling) – 2009-2011 16 records (DaNES) – all were attracted to MV Light
Flight Period: June /  July /  -  Active in afternoon and dusk when they attracted to light Moth Activity: Cathemeral   - and is attracted to light Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 15 March 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 18-19mm
Food Plant: Sweet vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
Last Recorded Year: 2011
Last Recorded By - D.Grundy (DaNES)
Last Recorded General Area - Dovedale

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