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Family: Gelechiidae   Checklist Number: 35.153

Pseudotelphusa paripunctella   Thunberg, 1794

Tawny Groundling

A tiny brown moth with black spotting which resembles a mini Bryotropha species. It has been found from May – July and in this locality favours Bog-myrtle Myrica gale and Birch Betula species

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