Anatrachyntis simplex

Checklist Number
34.0112 [B&F: 0897b]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Cosmopterigidae
Subfamily:Cosmopteriginae
Genus:Anatrachyntis
Species:simplex
Authority:(Walsingham, 1891)

Recorded infrequently through accidental importation in pomegranates from India. Examples of this species were collected on 22 December 2001 in fruit from a store in Devon and on 12 January 2002 in fruit from a store in Cornwall. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Larva feeds within fruit of Pomegranate.