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Family: Gelechiidae   Checklist Number: 35.159

Exoteleia dodecella  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tufted Pine Moth

A rare Scottish species with just one Outer Hebridean record from North Loch Eynort in July 2019. The larvae feed on the buds and shoots of Scots pine (Pinus syvestris) and larches (Larix spp.).

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

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