''Anarsia spartiella'', the Wanstead grey, is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe.
The
wingspan is 12–15 mm.
The forewings are grey-whitish, finely irrorated with fuscous, often with some black scales, occasionally much suffused with dark fuscous ; several short oblique dark fuscous costal marks, one in middle largest ; stigmata sometimes indicated by black dashes ; often a black terminal spot below apex. Hindwings are light grey. The larva is dark brown ; head and plate of 2 black
[Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo]
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Keys and description
Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on ''
Ulex'' and ''
Cytisus'' species, as well as ''
Genista tinctoria
''Genista tinctoria'', the dyer's greenweed or dyer's broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Its other common names include dyer's whin, waxen woad and waxen wood. The Latin specific epithet ''tinctoria'' means "used as a ...
''. They spin the shoots of their host plant and feed within.
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UK Moths
spartiella
Moths described in 1802
Moths of Europe
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