| 815 Scrobipalpa nitentella (Fuchs, 1902) |
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Food Plant: Chenopodium spp.
(Goosefoot), Sueda maritima (Annual sea-blite), Atriplex
portulacoides (Sea purslane), Atriplex littoralis (Grass-leaved orache),
Atriplex hastata (Hastate orache), Salicornia europaea (Common glasswort) Mine: September - October Pupa: Makes a cocoon of sand grains and detritus Notes: The larva illustrated has left its mine to feed amongst the spun seed heads. Details of the abdominal legs are also shown. Image:© Willem Ellis Data: 26.ix.04, Hayling Island, Hants, VC12 |
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