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Psamathocrita argentella

Wikipedia Abstract

Psamathocrita argentella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Pierce and Metcalfe in 1942. It is found in Great Britain, where it has been recorded from salt-marshes in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex and Dorset. The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are white with some black scales, forming a small marking at three-fourths. The hindwings are greyish-white. The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of Agropyron pungens.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Solent Maritime 27985 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Thinopyrum acutum (tick quackgrass)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0