Aproaerema vinella Bankes, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): larvae found on the Isle of Wight, England, feeding in spun, unopened flowers of Genista tinctoria ssp. tinctoria L., an apparently previously unrecorded observation

摘要

As far as we are aware, prior to 2019 the larva of Aproaerema vinella Bankes, 1898, was known to feed only on the leaves of Genista tinctoria ssp. tinctoria L. but on 2 August that year SDB found larvae feeding within spun, unopened flowers of this plant on the Isle of Wight, England. Moths were reared to confirm the tentative identification of the larvae.