Gelechia hippophaella
Checklist Number35.104 [B&F: 0805]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
| Genus: | Gelechia |
| Species: | hippophaella |
| Authority: | (Schrank, 1802) |
Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in coastal sandhills in England, intermittently, from Camber in east Sussex to Spurn in south-east Yorkshire. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 15-18 mm. Larva feeds on Sea Buckthorn, living within a spun or rolled leaf.
