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Family: Gelechiidae   Checklist Number: 35.082

Oxypteryx immaculatella   (Douglas, 1850)

Obscure Neb

A very scarce species with just two June records to date from South Uist. It is thought the larval food-plant may be slender St. John’s-wort (Hypericum pulchrum).

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

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