Kingdom Animalia Family Gelechiidae Genus Syncopacma Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
Similar Syncopacma, Butterflies and moths, Syncopacma cinctella, Syncopacma taeniolella, Syncopacma albipalpella | ||
Syncopacma polychromella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family, it was described by Rebel in 1902.
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Description
The wingspan is 7–10 mm.
Range
It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Russia, as well as on the Canary Islands, Sicily, Malta and Crete. It is also present in Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen, Central Asia (including Uzbekistan), Sudan, Namibia and South Africa. It has been recorded in Denmark, France and Great Britain. In Britain the moth was first recorded, in February 1952, at Bexley, Kent and the second at Hook, Surrey in February 1992; most likely as accidental introductions. It has since been recorded as a migrant to England.
Immigration
In December 2015, during an extended period of airflow from as far south as the Azores, at least seventeen have been reported in southern England over three days (16 – 19 December).
Host plant
The larvae feed on Astragalus unifoliolatus.