Family: Gelechiidae Checklist Number: 35.039
Bryotropha politella Stainton, 1851
Satin Moss-moth
Recorded during June and July in North and South Uist, and Benbecula. A grassland species which like many micro-moths is probably under-recorded. Larvae believed to feed on grasses such as Poa species.
References:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.