Anatrachyntis simplex
Checklist Number34.0112 [B&F: 0897b]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Subfamily: | Cosmopteriginae |
| Genus: | Anatrachyntis |
| Species: | simplex |
| Authority: | (Walsingham, 1891) |
Recorded infrequently through accidental importation in pomegranates from India. Examples of this species were collected on 22 December 2001 in fruit from a store in Devon and on 12 January 2002 in fruit from a store in Cornwall. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Larva feeds within fruit of Pomegranate.
