Uresiphita reversalis
Checklist Number63.012 [B&F: 1369a]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Uresiphita |
| Species: | reversalis |
| Authority: | (Guenée, 1854) |
Suspected rare immigrant, or perhaps accidentally imported. This North American species is included on the British list on the basis of a moth collected at Westonzoyland, Somerset on 23 September 2006. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 27-31 mm. Very similar to U. gilvata, from which separated only by dissection of the genitalia. Larva feeds on Montpellier Broom, no evidence of breeding in the UK.
