Photo © Mike Wall
Salebriopsis albicilla
Checklist Number62.008 [B&F: 1446]
Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity
Classification
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Salebriopsis |
| Species: | albicilla |
| Authority: | (Herrich-Schäffer, 1849) |
Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) and restricted in Britain to woodland in the Wye Valley, where only discovered in 1964, and to a few woods in Somerset and Warwickshire. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 18-22 mm. Similar to Pyla fusca but smaller and broader-winged and, in the male, with a white head. Larva feeds on Small-leaved Lime.
