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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.

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