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Family: Opostegidae   Checklist Number: 5.001

Opostega salaciella  (Treitschke, 1833)

Sorrel Cap

First recorded in 2012 with additional records from South Uist and Lewis. A tiny white moth, 5mm long with white eye-caps at the base of the antennae. The habitat is open grassland, where it can be found weakly flying from June to August. The larval food-plant is thought to be sheep's sorrel (Rumex acetosella).

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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