Syncopacma sangiella

Syncopacma sangiella
	Syncopacma sangiella Midi-Pyrénées
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Syncopacma
Species:	S. sangiella
Binomial name
	Syncopacma sangiella; (Stainton, 1863)
Synonyms
	Gelechia sangiella Stainton, 1863;

Syncopacma sangiella, the brown sober, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1863. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Denmark and parts of the Balkan Peninsula.[1][2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm.[3]The forewings are dark slaty fuscous, slightly purple -tinged ; stigmata indistinctly darker, each sometimes followed by two or three ochreous-whitish scales, first discal much beyond plical ; a small ochreous-whitish triangular spot, slightly outwardly oblique, on tornus, and another on costa opposite : vein 6 separate. Hindwings are grey. The larva is reddish -brown, anterior incisions whitish-green, dorsal line whitish on 2-4; head yellow -brown ; plate of 2 black [4]

The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus, living between leaves spun together with silk.[5]

References

funet.fi
Fauna Europaea
Svenska fjärilar
Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
Hants Moths

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[1] unet.fi

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Svenska fjärilar

[4] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[5] Hants Moths